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User’s manual
MoviejayVX v.2.0
Index
Overview.............................................................................................................................3
Quickstart ..........................................................................................................................4
Chapter 1: The "on air” window...........................................................................................6
The clip palette ..............................................................................................................13
The preview window ......................................................................................................18
The selection window ....................................................................................................21
The clips selection window ............................................................................................25
The commercials selection window ...............................................................................28
The programmes selection window ...............................................................................30
The hard disk clip selection window ..............................................................................32
The playlists selection window.......................................................................................33
The commercial breaks selection window .....................................................................36
The external feeds selection window.............................................................................38
Chapter 2: The scheduling and database management module.......................................39
The preview window ......................................................................................................42
The clips database management window......................................................................46
The commercials database management window.........................................................54
The programmes database management window.........................................................64
The playlists scheduling window....................................................................................69
The logo overlays database management window........................................................77
The clip palettes management window..........................................................................81
The commercial breaks scheduling window ..................................................................85
The hardware and misc setup window ..........................................................................91
The station log window ................................................................................................104
The database utilities module ......................................................................................107
Notes on safety............................................................................................................110
End User licence agreement.........................................................................................111
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Overview
A powerful and flexible software able to self-manage your TV station: from live assist to full
automation once you have programmed playlists and commercials. All your video clips
digitally stored on hard disks with MPEG2 quality, without tapes or cassettes, or DVD
players skipping because of scratched disks. And, no controller or dedicated machine, no
custom hardware components, just a software solution as easy to use as your PC, with an
excellent price/quality ratio!
Moviejay runs on the widely known Windows XP operating system and uses the familiar
operating environment of a standard PC: a simple and user-friendly interface perfectly
suitable also for non-trained staff.
Tested and constantly improved in cooperation with real-life broadcasters, Moviejay is the
perfect solution for the new millenium broadcasting, where computers become the heart of
a TV station: clips, programmes, commercials, pre-recorded shows, grabbed from DVDs
or recorded from an external source, all compressed up tenths of the original size thanks
to the Mpeg video formats and digitally stored on Hard Disks.
Moviejay Main features:
Live assist or long-term unmanned full-automation.
Powerful preview window with shuttle search knob: allows easy setting of fade markers
into any clip track with 1/10sec precision.
May work on a LAN as well as on a single PC. No need to install video servers and
separate storage servers: save money on the hardware without missing the possibility
of future upgrades.
Works with professional hardware MPEG2 playout cards for maximum quality and
reliability.
Carefully engineered on building blocks, so you may purchase just the needed
channels and features and save money on your initial purchase.
Integrated clip palette: instant fire an unlimited number of clips and video overlays
Unlimited playlists scheduling, featuring auto firing by day and time and forced event
support.
Powerful commercial breaks management: automatically scheduling of commercials
according to their start/end date with rotation features.
Scheduling of video overlays for any event in the playlist.
A base module for on air operation, and a separate module for initial setup, scheduling and
database management may work together on a LAN to allow creating a much complex
setup. Managing more than one TV station with a single Moviejay based system, or simply
scheduling commercial breaks or transfer clips from the production studio to the on air
server is simple and fast as a few mouse clicks!
To be continued with more exciting features… stay tuned!!!
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Quickstart
Here is a short summary of basic operations for speeding up Moviejay initial setup. For
further details we strongly suggest you to carefully read the user’s manual!
If you wish to use MoviejayVX in a networked environment, the Windows network should
already have been correctly setup and running, and the hard disks on the on air PC (the
boot one and those with video clips) should be shared for network read/write. Finally, you’ll
need to install and setup MoviejayVX on each of the setup workstation but with a slightly
different setup procedure which will be described in more detail later.
Installing your customized USB dongle: Before you insert the USB dongle, run the
SmartKeyDriversInstaller.exe found in the “\drivers\smartkey3” folder into the setup CD.
Then, insert the USB dongle in one of the available USB ports. The dongle is automatically
recognized and installed.
mySQL Server 5.1 setup:
Start mySQL server setup procedure, then follow these steps:
- When you are asked for setup type, select “custom”
- Check the “configure mySQL server now” when asked for
- In the “mySQL server configuration” window, select the “Standard Configuration” option
- Check “Run as Windows service” and “Include BIN directory in Windows Path”
- Insert winjay as the root password
- Check “enable root access from remote machines”
- Proceed until the end of the setup procedure
- Import the sample database into mySQL database server
If you need to access mySql database server from other workstations in the LAN, you
should create a new exception into the Windows firewall, configured to open the port 3306.
MoviejayVX setup (on air workstation)
1. Insert the installation CD in your CD-ROM drive.
2. Double click on the setup.exe file in the “moviejayVX” folder to start setup.
3. Follow the on-screen guided instructions which will guide you for the rest of the setup
process.
4. Copy the wjlogo.bmp file from the main folder of your installation CD to MoviejayVX
installation folder (usually c:\program files\moviejayVX if you choose the default one).
This file is your station logo which is needed for software customization.
5. To access main setup options, from the Windows Start menu, click on MoviejayVX ->
Moviejay Setup, then click the Setup button and proceed to configure playout card and
other settings.
6. Confirm changes, click the Exit button to terminate MoviejayVX Setup, then click
“Start”, “MoviejayVX”, “MoviejayVX on-air” to start the on-air module, which should now
run without major problems.
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MoviejayVX setup (networked production workstations)
Follow items 1-4 for the on-air PC setup, then:
1. Start MoviejayVX database utilities module: from Windows’ start menu, click “Start”,
“Programs”, “MoviejayVX”, “MoviejayVX database utility”.
Now we must set the central database path for every networked workstation: click the
“Change DB path”, click Next and select Channel 1, click next, type the hostname of
the server where mySQL server is running, type the database name then press the
“confirm” button to post changes, and close the application.
Once you’re done with setup and initial testing, we strongly suggest you to fine tune your
system setup for best performance:
Disable screen savers and power saving modes: from the Windows desktop, click the
mouse right button, select “properties”, click on “screen saver” tab, and from the dropdown menu select “none”. In the “Screen power saving setup” section, click on “setting”
and from the drop down menus “turn down monitor” and “disable hard disks” select
“Never”.
Add MoviejayVX on air module to Windows autostart group, so the software will
automatically restart after a power failure.
In your PC BIOS setup screen, set the “AC Power Loss Restart” (o similar) feature
such as your PC turns on again automatically after a power failure.
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Chapter 1: the user interface
Graphic layout of MoviejayVX is based on “skins” and undockable windows.
Skins are packages of graphics components which are used to customize software
appearance, from dialog windows to buttons, menus, labels, etc. Thanks to skins, the user
interface can be made good looking according to your own taste. MoviejayVX includes a
folder with several “skins”: click on this button and browse your skin folder to select your
favourite one. Some examples of skins:
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The MoviejayVX interface, based on undockable windows, allows to optimize the graphic
layout and better organize the desktop, because various windows can be kept always
opened and always available on the side of the main on-air windows, or moved to the
second monitor. An “undock” button is available on almost all the selection windows; this
way, it is possible to load a clip into the play queue with a simple drag and drop (drag the
clip from the selection window to the desired position into the on-air queue). Here is a
screenshot of the on-air module with clips’ and programmes’ selection windows opened
and undocked on the right:
Once undocked, windows can be freely moved on Windows desktop, on the main or
secondary monitor. Windows also offer a magnetic hook feature: when you approach a
window to borders of Windows’ desktop or to another window, secondary windows are
hooked-up like if attracted by a magnet. This feature eases precise placamento of
windows.
On each window, a roll-up button allows to minimize the window to its header, like
in the following example:
Click on the same button to maximize the window again. The roll-up feature, together with
other features already described turns very useful to optimize MoviejayVX layout
depending on operating requirements.
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Chapter 2: the “on air” window
This is MoviejayVX main window: from here you recall clips, commercials and playlists,
read every detail about the current playlist, track on the air, and next tracks in the play
queue. That’s why it is shown on program startup and for the most part of program
execution. From top to bottom we find:
An upper display, which shows elapsed and intro or remain time for the clip currently
on the air track, various operating mode switches.
A group of 5 boxes, each one corresponding to an the item in the play queue, with its
own Play, Select and preview buttons.
A bottom display, which shows start time of next commercial break and next playlist,
total length of the play queue, current date and time, name of currently loaded playlist
and, last but not least, your station logo.
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Detailed description
Commercial break indication (upper display)
If the radio-style commercial break mode is selected (commercial
breaks are inserted into the play queue on the fly according to the
scheduled time), then as soon as it’s time to load a commercial
break in the play queue, in the left area of the upper display a
blinking “SPOT” label is shown to let you know that there’s a commercial break waiting.
The break is automatically loaded in the play queue after the user-customizable has
elapsed, but you can eventually stop the auto-loading feature pressing the “Stop” button
(for example, if you want to play other items before the break), or you can instantly load
the break pressing the “Go” button, which of course turns also useful if you have
previously stopped the auto-loading feature (“Stop” button). Once the commercial break
has been loaded in the queue, if Moviejay is playing a track and is in “Auto Seq” mode, the
commercial break will be automatically started as soon as the current track is over.
Otherwise, just press the “Play 1” button or hit the space bar when you’re ready.
Genlock status
If a Stradis card is used for playout, these LEDs show in real
time the gunlock status:
- External Sync: if lit, it means that a valid video signal from an external source or sync
generator is available on the Stradis card’s genlock input.
- Locked: if lit, it means that the genlock circuitry has locked the Stradis card’s output with
the input sync.
- Genlock active: if lit, it means that the genlock feature has been enabled from
MoviejayVX settings.
Auto Seq indication (upper display)
Shows the tracks’ sequencing mode which can be changed with the Auto Seq
button or automatically when you start playing a video clip. For further details, please see
below the section about the Auto Seq button.
Automation indication (upper display)
Shows the on air mode (i.e. how the tracks are loaded in the play queue),
which is automaticaly changed when a playlist is loaded or unloaded. In “live” mode you
must manually load tracks in the play queue, while in automation mode (i.e. when a playlist
has been loaded) tracks are added automatically without the need of an operator, for a
fully unmanned operation.
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Security lock
If you click on the green icon, keys turn to red to indicate that the security lock is
enabled. When the lock is on, Play and Stop buttons, and the same features
fired from the space bar and Return key have no effect. Also, it is not possible to
close the software. To disable the lock, just click on the same icon again.
Time display (upper display)
Shows remaining time to the end of the clip currently on the
air. The display takes into account the user-set Fade-Out
marker for the current clip (if any), otherwise, the
countdown is done on the total track length. On the bottom
is shown the track’s elapsed time from beginning of the
clip. The bar shows in percentage the section of the clip
already played. If you click on the bar, it turns into showing
the remain time until the end of the clip.
Audio VU-meters (on-air and preview)
The VU-meter shows in real-time the audio output level. Signal is represented as
peak level in dBs, where the 0 dB is the absolute maximum before a clipping
occurs. The VU-meter also includes a peak-hold feature: the peak level segments
are temporarily left visible before resetting themselves. The left and right bars
show the left and right channel levels respectively (if the clip has been recorded in
stereo mode, of course!).
Motion detector meter
MoviejayVX on-air module includes a video capture
feature which turns useful to show the on-air video output
and at the same time detect the related image motion, for example to detect a satellite
feed which goes down because of a rainstorm. In this case, MoviejayVX is able to
automatically fire and emergency playlist to fill the on-air schedule. The motion detector
meter shows in real time the motion value of the incoming video feed. A low value means
an image with low or no motion at all (a no-signal blue screen from a satellite receiver, for
example), an high value means a very animated image. The meter also includes a peakhold feature: the peak level segments are temporarily left visible before resetting
themselves. The associated Video LED shows the state of the motion detector:
Green LED: the overall image motion is above the minimum threshold set, this is the right
condition
Yellow LED: the overall image motion is below the minimum threshold value set, if such a
condition remains for more than the time limit set, MoviejayVX fires the associated playlist.
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On air track Play/Stop button
Stops/restarts the track currently on air (upper box). This turns useful if you want
to stop a clip which started accidentally, and restart it later on.
Clip palette button
Shows the clip palette window, from which you can instant fire short
clips and overlay logos on the clip on the air.
Auto Seq button
Switches clips’ sequencing mode between auto seq and manual: this is shown
in the upper display, on the left of the time display. In “auto seq” mode next track
in the play queue is started automatically without any operator intervention when
the on air one has reached its fade out marker, while in manual mode Moviejay
plays the track to its end and waits for next track manual start (pressing the corresponding
Play button). Depending on the setup options, Moviejay can automatically switch to auto
mix mode when you start a track, to avoid unpleasant oversights.
Box On Air/1/2/3/4/5
This is a group of 6 boxes, each one corresponding to the on air track and one of the next
5 tracks in the play queue. On the left they show title and artist if the track is a clip, or title
and track type in any other case (commercial, programme, playlist, etc.).
In the middle of the box you’ll see a still frame which you may wish to capture while in
preview mode from the database management module This way, the picture will be shown
on the play queue in the on-air module as visual mnemonic for the contents of the clip
itself.
The p0;p1 caption shows the hierarchy of the playlists in the play queue,
specifically: p0 is the root represents the root playlist, p1 the child, and so on
should p1 contains in turn other playlists. The symbol “+” means that the track in the box is
a playlist and may be expanded by clicking on the “+” icon itself. When a clip belonging to
an expanded playlist is shown, this is shown by a “-“ symbol. Clicking on it, the playlist is
collapsed to a unique track again.
Meaning of the left-hand icon (Auto sequence)
When this clip is over, the next one in the play queue will be automatically started. This
is the default behaviour.
When this clip is over, the on-air module stops the play queue and waits for the operator
Play. This may be the case of an External Feed event for which we cannot guess the exact
duration (for example, a live show).
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Meaning of the center icon (Sequencing mode)
Normal sequence, force mode disabled: the item will be fired when the previous one in
the playlist ends. Of course, should the playlist accumulates delay, the scheduled time for
the item will be delayed as well.
Skip mode: when the scheduled time for the item will be reached, all previous items in
the playlist (if any) will be skipped and this one will be queued just after the clip on the air
now. This way, should the playlist accumulates delay, we may recover some of the delay.
Forced mode: when the scheduled time for the item will be reached, all previous items
in the playlist (if any) will be skipped, the clip on the air now will be faded out and this one
will be played on the air immediately. This way, should the playlist accumulates delay, the
scheduled time for the item will be fully observed.
Meaning of right-hand icon (Allow breaks)
Indicates that, if it’s time for a commercial break, the break may be appended to this
item.
If it’s time for a commercial break, the break waits for the first available slot in the
playlist.
In the same box, symbols on the right mean:
This is the expected start time of the related item, according to any
possible delay accumulated.
This is the scheduled start time of the related item, according to the playlist
schedule.
This is the delay accumulated, which is calculated as difference between
the expected start time and the playlist scheduled start time. In case the
queue is ahead of schedule, this value is preceded by the minus sign, for example:
-00:07:43
This is the item length, which is calculated as difference between fade-out
and fade-in markers.
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Play buttons 1/2/3/4/5
Start playing the track shown in the corresponding box on the right of the
button: the track moves to the on air box (the top one), the track previously on
air is automatically exchanged with the next one, and the play queue shifts one
step up.
Open buttons 1/2/3/4/5
Open main selection window, from which you can recall tracks or playlists that
you wish to load in the play queue.
Preview buttons 1/2/3/4/5
Open the preview window for the track shown in the corresponding box: from
there you can preview the clip and eventually edit its fade-in and fade-out
markers.
Up/Down buttons
While you can add to the play queue a great number of tracks, it can
only show only 6 tracks at the same (the on air one and the next 5) in
the 6 available boxes. The Up/Down buttons can shift up and down play
queue viewing point if the queue itself contains more than 5 tracks
(otherwise they have no effect). Boxes data as well as queue positions
shown on the Play and Open buttons are automatically updated according to the actual
track position in the play queue. Keeping the button pressed an auto-repeat feature is
started (i.e. same as clicking the button again and again).
Next commercial break indication (bottom display)
Shows start time of next scheduled commercial break. You can temporarily
disable the break auto-loding feature by double-clicking on the start time
display, which will turn red and underlined. To enable again the auto-loading feature, just
double-click again
Next playlist indication (bottom display)
Indicates stat time and denomination of next scheduled
playlist. You may temporarily disable the playlist auto-loding
feature by double-clicking on the start time display, which will turn red and underlined. To
enable again the auto-loading feature, just double-click again.
Queue length indication (bottom display)
Shows play queue total length (sum of loaded tracks’
lengths) and expected queue ending time.
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Date and time indication (bottom display)
Shows current date and time.
Your TV station logo (bottom display)
Clicking on the logo a secret panel appears showing some scrolling informations about the
software and the current version and “build” number. At the end, your logo appears again
automatically. To avoid that Moviejay can stop execution in presence of minor errors, error
messages are shown in the same area reserved to the broadcaster logo and at the same
time logged for future reference in a text file named wjerror.log, found in the installation
folder. Once you’ve noted the error message, just double click on the shown messages to
return to the visualization of the logo.
Function keys F1-F12, ALT_F1-ALT_F12, CTRL_F1-CTRL_F12, SHIFT_F1SHIFT_F12
Instant fire short clips contained in the first 4 jingle palettes, in the same order as shown in
the clip palette window, or overlay graphics onto the clip on the air now.
Space bar
Same as pressing “Play 1” button: starts the first track in the play queue.
Enter key
Same as pressing “Play/stop” button: stops/restarts the track currently on-air.
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The clip palette
When the clip palette is called from the main on-air module, the following window will be
shown. The clip palette allows to instantly fire short clips or logo overlays on the clips on
the air.
From top to bottom of the screen, you’ll find:
Indications for the current palette number and name, and the search box, to locate the
desired archived palettes.
A group of 12 buttons, each one corresponding to one of the clips and/or overlay logos
contained in the selected palette.
Another group of buttons to manage additional features and to close the window.
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Detailed description
Palette number edit box
Shows the sequence number of the selected palette. Clips and/or logos contained in the
first 4 palettes (totally 48 items) can also be directly recalled from the on air windows
pressing function keys (ALT, CTRL, SHIFT +) F1-F12.
Palette name edit box
Contains the name of the selected jingle palette, according to the user setup.
Search box
This is the search box which you can find on many of the
selection/setup windows. The group of 4 buttons on the top
allows to browse the database step by step. From left to
right, the first button moves the pointer to the beginning of
the database, the 2nd button to the previous record, the 3rd button to the next record, and
the last button to the end of the database. The text box on the bottom allows to quick
search for the desired record: just type the first letters of the desired palette to locate the
first record which matches your criteria.
Play buttons
Each button corresponds to a clip and/or logo
overlay. Just press a button to fire the corresponding
track, whose name is shown on the button itself.
When a logo is overlayed, the corresponding number
on the button turns yellow. If a logo is already
overlayed, others are added to the first one, so in
fact it is possible to overlay more logos at the same
time. If you click a button which corresponds to a logo currently shown in overlay, this logo
is removed from the overlay, and the number turns grey again.
Live Overlay button
For Stradis cards, opens the window to perform realtime text crawls. For
more details, please refer to description below.
Station Logo button
Click on this button to switch on/off the overlay of the station logo set in
MoviejayVX setup window. The indicator will turn on, to show that the
feature is enabled. This is a two-state button, when you want to clear the
station logo, just press this button again
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Manual logos button
By default, MoviejayVX performs logo overlays automatically according to
the timeline stored for the clip currently on the air. Should you wish to do
a manual overlay with the clip palette, you should first press this button.
The indicator will turn on, to show that the feature is enabled. This is a two-state button,
when you want to return to automatic overlay mode, just press this button again.
Clear logo button
When in manual logo mode, once you’ve fired a logo overlay, use this
button when you wish to clear the overlay.
Skip on air button
When this button is pressed, you may fire clips from palette, otherwise
this feature is disabled by default. The indicator will turn on, to show that
the feature is enabled. This is a two-state button, when you want to
return to automatic overlay mode, just press this button again.
Preview button
When this button is pressed, the clip palette works in preview mode i.e.
clips are fired on the preview window instead of the playout card. The
indicator will turn on, to show that the feature is enabled. This is a twostate button, when you want to return to automatic overlay mode, just press this button
again.
OK button
Closes the clip palette window.
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Click on the “Live Overlay” button to access this window, which allows to perform graphic
rendering and overlay of your favourite text to the clip currently on the air.
Quickstart (on-the-fly text overlay):
1. Set your favorite font, font size, font colour as well as optional attributes (bold, italic,
etc.) for the graphic rendering
2. Type your text into the box and press the "Update" button to perfom the graphic
rendering, which will be shown in the bottom part of the window.
3. Press the "Preview" button to show the rendered text in the preview window, and set
the text posizion on the video window using the horizontal and vertical position cursors.
4. Finally, click on the "Live Overlay" button to overlay your test to the clip on the air.
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Detailed description:
Font settings
Here you specify various settings for the
graphic rendering of your text, specifically:
font name, font size, font colour and
associated attributes (bold, italic, etc.).
Position cursors
Set the horizontal and vertical position of
rendered text into the video window. You
may as well verify the set position on the
preview window, if the associated Preview
button is pressed.
Crawl section
When the “Enable crawl” button is pressed, the
horizontal text scrolling (crawl) is enabled. You can set
how many times the text will be repente (0 = infinite) and
scrolling speed (very slow) to 99 (very fast).
Clip Palette button
Switches back to the clip palette window.
Preview button
Click here to switch to preview mode: this way, you’ll be see the graphic
rendering of your text and edit as needed before putting the text itself on
the air. To exit from preview mode, just press this button again.
Live Overlay button
When you’re done with settings and preview, click here to overlay the
rendered text on the clip currently on the air. To exit from the overlay
mode, just press this button again.
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The preview window
By clicking on the preview buttons from the main on-air screen, on the bottom part of the
screen the preview window is shown, which allows you to edit fade markers or simply
preview the corresponding clip in a VGA window without affecting the on-air channel. Any
changes made on this window will only be effective for that occurrence of the track in the
play queue: data stored in database tables will not be affected in any way.
Quickstart (setting Start and End markers):
1. Press “Play/Pause” button to start playing.
2. Move to the desired marker with the slider, Rew - Fwd - Fast Rew - Fast Fwd buttons,
and the shuttle search knob.
3. Press the “Set Start” button to set the Fade-In marker
4. Press the “Play/Pause” button to restart playing, if you wish you may check your setting
pressing the corresponding “Go Start” button to restart playing from the marker you’ve
just set.
5. If you wish, repeat steps 2 - 3 - 4 to set Fade-out markers.
6. Press the OK button to confirm changes when you’re done.
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Detailed description
Display
On the upper display, starting from the left you can see the displays related to fade
markers and clip duration: on the right the elapsed and remain time to the end of the clip.
Clip details
From the preview window, you can edit settings related to trigger enable,
auto sequence mode, forced time and mode, comparing to database and
playlist settings. Just click on the related icons (which have been already
described into the on-air window section) and edit the forced start time if
needed.
Slider
While the track is playing, just click and drag this slider to the
left or right to change the absolute track playing position.
Volume slider
While the clip is playing into the preview window, you
can edit playback volume if required and confirm
changes. This slider initially reflects the volume set in
the database for the corresponding clip.
Set Fade-In button
Click on this button to set the Fade-In marker for the clip loaded in the
preview window Press the desired button while the track is playing, and
release the button when the track has just reached the desired Fade-In
position. The set marker will be shown on the corresponding display on the right of the
button. You may also manually edit values directly on the displays if you wish.
Set Fade-out button
Click on this button to set the Fade-Out marker for the clip loaded in the
preview window. Press the desired button while the track is playing, and
release the button when the track has just reached the desired Fade-Out
position. The set marker will be shown on the corresponding display on the right of the
button. You may also manually edit values directly on the displays if you wish.
Go Start button
Click on this button to change the track’s playing position to the user-set
Fade-In marker: this way, you may easily check your Fade-In settings.
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Go End button
Click on this button to change the track’s playing position to the user-set
Fade-Out marker: this way, you may easily check your Fade-Out settings.
Go To Play button
This button is enabled only when you recall the preview window related to
the clip currently on the air. Allows to set the clip’s playing position to the
same position of the clip playing on the air, allowing for example, for
example, to move slightly forward and check next minutes.
Pulsante Play/Pausa
Starts/stops playing the current video track. If you’re in frame
still mode, pressing the button resumes normal play mode.
Pulsanti Rew/Fwd/Rew Veloce/Fwd Veloce
This group of 4 buttons switches to still frame mode and
changes track’s playing position, allowing extremely precise
cueing of any video track before setting markers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Rew: 100 milliseconds back
Fwd: 100 milliseconds forward
Fast Rew: 500 milliseconds back
Fast Fwd: 500 milliseconds forward
Shuttle search knob
Same as the 4 buttons above, but allows still more precise and, why not,
funny cueing: click on the knob handle and drag the knob clockwise to
move forward or counterclockwise to move backward.
Cancel button
Cancels operations and closes the preview window.
OK button
Confirms changed and closes the preview window.
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The selection window
This is MoviejayVX main selection window, which is recalled from the on air window to
select clips and playlists, change their position in the on air queue, or remove items from
the queue itself. Some of the buttons such as clips, commercials etc. just open the
corresponding selection windows from which you can choose the desired clip or playlist.
The 6 buttons on the bottom accomplish additional functions (see below for further details).
Quickstart (loading a track in the play queue):
1. Press one of the “Open” button in the on air window.
2. Press one of the buttons “Enqueue”, “Substitute”, “Insert” depending on the desired
loading mode.
3. Press the button corresponding to the archive you want to choose from or the feature
you want to load (for example, clips, commercials, playlists, etc).
4. Follow details about track loading depending on the particular archive (see next for
further details).
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Detailed description
Clips button
Opens the clips selection window.
Commercials button
Opens the commercials selection window.
Programmes button
Opens the programmes selection window.
Hard Disk clip
Opens the Hard Disk direct browse window.
Playlists button
Opens the playlists selection window.
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Commercial breaks button
Opens the commercial breaks selection window.
External feeds button
Opens the external feeds selection window.
Select skin button
Recalls the open dialog which allows to browse the skin folder to select the
desired skin.
Append button
Appends the selection to the end of the play queue, and increments the
length of the queue by one item.
Replace button
Replaces the previous item in the box, if any, with the selected item. This is
the default selection option.
Insert button
Inserts the selection in the box corresponding to the “Open” button pressed;
the queue shifts one step down.
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Delete button
Removes the item in the box corresponding to the “Open” button pressed.
Delete Playlist button
Removes the loaded playlist(s) and switches back to “Live” mode (live
assist, manual selection). MoviejayVX continues to play the track on air, if
any, and removes any track in the play queue if they belong to a playlist (i.e.
have been loaded automatically).
Cancel button
Cancel operations and closes the selection window.
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The clips selection window
This is the clips selection window, which is recalled from the main selection window to
browse the clips archive, select and load a clip in the play queue.
Quickstart (loading a clip in the play queue):
1. Follow items 1-4 for “loading a track in the play queue” in the selection window
2. Manually browse the database for the desired clip or type the first letters ot the clip title
to locate the closest match.
3. If you want, press the preview button to preview the clip off the air.
4. Press the OK button to confirm.
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Detailed description
Clips details display
This is the first display starting from the left, which shows details for the current clip. From
top to bottom: clip length, archive date, last selection, and up to 2 clip categories.
Title/Artist display
The first display shows the list of clips in the database ordered by title, while the second
display on the right shows the artist (if any) corresponding to the selected clip. Clicking the
Clips/Artists button displays are reversed, and the database is ordered by artist.
Undock button
Undocks the clips selection window from the main screen and allows to
position the window freely on the desktop. Click the same button again to
hook the window to the on-air screen.
Title/Artists button
Click on this button to reverse the clips/artists display order. If the button is
pressed, the database is ordered by artist and the quick search is made on
the artist name. The indicator will turn on, to show that the feature is
enabled. This is a two-state button, click the button again to return in
“browse by clip title” mode.
Filter button
Press this button to apply a filter on the clips database according to the
values set in the boxes on the left: minimum and maximum date, categories.
The indicator will turn on, to show that the feature is enabled. This is a twostate button, press the button again to turn the filtering off.
Preview button
Recalls the preview window for the current clip.
Quick search box
Type here the first letters of the desired clip title or artist to locate the first record which
matches your criteria.
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Cancel button
Cancels operations and closes the clips selection window.
OK button
Confirms operations, loads the selected clip in the play queue and closes the
clips selection window.
Troubleshooting:
Before loading the selected clip in the play queue, MoviejayVX performs a file existence
check to see if the video file can be accessed. If the check fails, a dialog box is shown to
warn the user about the problem. In this case, click on the box to close it, select another
clip or press the cancel button to close the selection window.
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The commercials selection window
This is the commercials selection window, which is recalled from the main selection
window to browse the commercials database, select and load a commercial in the play
queue.
Quickstart (loading a commercial in the play queue):
1. Follow items 1-4 for “loading a track in the play queue” in the selection window
2. Manually browse the database for the desired commercial or type the first letters ot the
title to locate the closest match.
3. If you want, press the preview button to watch the clip off the air.
4. Press the OK button to confirm.
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Detailed description:
Commercial list
The first display shows the list of commercials in the database ordered by title. From left to
right: commercial title, start/end dates, length.
Quick search box
Type here the first letters of the desired commercial to locate the first record which
matches your criteria.
Undock button
Undocks the commercials selection window from the main screen and allows
to position the window freely on the desktop. Click the same button again to
hook the window to the on-air screen.
Preview button
Recalls the preview window for the current commercial.
Cancel button
Cancels operations and closes the commercials selection window.
OK button
Confirms operations, loads the selected commercial in the play queue and
closes the commercial selection window.
Troubleshooting:
Before loading the selected commercial in the play queue, MoviejayVX performs a file
existence check to see if the video file can be accessed. If the check fails, a dialog box is
shown to warn the user about the problem. In this case, click on the box to close it, select
another commercial or press the cancel button to close the selection window.
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The programmes selection window
This is the programmes selection window, which is recalled from the main selection
window to browse the programmes database, select and load a programme in the play
queue.
Quickstart (loading a programme in the play queue):
1. Follow items 1-4 for “loading a track in the play queue” in the selection window
2. Manually browse the database for the desired programme or type the first letters ot the
title to locate the closest match.
3. If you want, press the preview button to watch the programme off the air.
4. Press the OK button to confirm.
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Detailed description:
Programmes list
The grid shows the list of programmes in the database ordered by title. From left to right:
programme title, category, length.
Quick search box
Type here the first letters of the desired programme to locate the first record which
matches your criteria.
Undock button
Undocks the programmes selection window from the main screen and allows
to position the window freely on the desktop. Click the same button again to
hook the window to the on-air screen.
Preview button
Recalls the preview window for the current programme.
Cancel button
Cancels operations and closes the programmes selection window.
OK button
Confirms operations, loads the selected programme in the play queue and
closes the programme selection window.
Troubleshooting:
Before loading the selected programme in the play queue, MoviejayVX performs a file
existence check to see if the video file can be accessed. If the check fails, a dialog box is
shown to warn the user about the problem. In this case, click on the box to close it, select
another programme or press the cancel button to close the selection window.
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The Hard Disk clip selection window
This window allows to select a clip directly from the Hard Disk, without the need to store
the clip itself to the corresponding database (clips, programmes, etc.)
Quickstart (loading a clip from the Hard Disk):
1.
2.
3.
4.
Follow items 1-4 for “loading a track in the play queue” in the selection window
Select the Hard Disk and the folder to browse for the desired clip.
Select your desired clip from the list on the right
Press the OK button to confirm.
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The playlist selection window
This is the playlist selection window, which is recalled from the main selection window to
browse the playlists database, select and load the playlist in the play queue. On the top of
the window a group of boxes shows general informations about the currently selected
playlist, while in the bottom a grid shows the playlist’s details.
Quickstart (loading a playlist in the play queue):
1.
2.
3.
4.
Follow items 1-4 for “loading a track in the play queue” in the selection window
Browse the database for the desired playlist using the search box.
If you want, highlight an item to set the playlist start point
Press the OK button to confirm: the selected playlist is loaded into the on air queue.
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Detailed description:
Playlist name box
Shows the name of the selected playlist, according to the user setup.
Quick search box
Type here the first letters of the desired playlist to locate the first record which matches
your criteria.
Length edit box
Shows current playlist length in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec. Of course, random clips (if any) are
NOT included!
Start time boxes
Shows scheduled fire time and day(s) of week (or date) of the currently selected playlist (if
set).
Playlist details
The grid shows the full list of the video tracks contained in the selected playlist. The first
column shows the item type (clip, commercial, programme, etc.); the second column
shows details such as clip or commercial title, the third column shows the item length, the
4th one the scheduled start time.
Meaning of the icons in the 5th column (Force Mode)
Normal sequence, force mode disabled: the item will be fired when the previous one in
the playlist ends. Of course, should the playlist accumulates delay, the scheduled time for
the item will be delayed as well.
Skip mode: when the scheduled time for the item will be reached, all previous items in
the playlist (if any) will be skipped and this one will be queued just after the clip on the air
now. This way, should the playlist accumulates delay, we may recover some of the delay.
Forced mode: when the scheduled time for the item will be reached, all previous items
in the playlist (if any) will be skipped, the clip on the air now will be faded out and this one
will be played on the air immediately. This way, should the playlist accumulates delay, the
scheduled time for the item will be fully observed.
Meaning of the icons in the 6th column (Allow breaks)
Indicates that, if it’s time for a commercial break, the break may be appended to this
item.
If it’s time for a commercial break, the break waits for the first available slot in the
playlist.
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You can navigate the list with the arrows on the right, and choose the starting point of the
playlist highlighting the desidered item before pressing OK.
Cancel button
Cancels operations and closes the playlists selection window.
OK button
Confirms selection, loads the selected playlist in the play queue and closes
the selection window.
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The commercial breaks selection window
This is the commercial break selection window: it’s called from the main selection window
to browse the breaks archive, select and manually load one of them to the video queue.
On the top of the window a group of boxes show general informations about the currently
selected break like scheduled time and length, while in the bottom a grid shows the break
details.
Quickstart (loading a commercial break in the play queue):
1. Follow items 1-4 for “loading a track in the play queue” in the selection window
2. Browse the database for the desired commercial break using the search box.
3. Press the OK button to confirm: the break items are loaded on the top of the queue.
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Detailed description:
Length edit box
Shows current break length in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec.
Start time edit box
Shows the scheduled start time for the currently selected commercial break.
Date box
Sets the date for which you wish to view commercial scheduling.
Search box
This is the search box which you can find on many of the
selection/setup windows. Type the scheduled time of the
desired break to locate the first record which matches your
criteria, or navigate records with the arrows.
Break details
The grid contains the full list of the items contained in the selected break. The first column
shows the event type (clip, commercial, programme, etc.), the second column shows track
details (clip title and artist for clips, or commercials/programme name), the third column
shows the item length. You can navigate the list with the arrows and the sliding bar on the
right.
Cancel button
Cancels operations and closes the breaks selection window.
OK button
Confirms operations, loads the selected break in the play queue and closes
the selection window.
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The external feeds selection window
This is the external feeds selection window: it’s called from the main selection window to
browse, select and manually load an external feed event to the on-air queue. On the top of
the window a grid shows the list of filed feeds and related details, while under the grid a
group of boxes allow to set event time, mark-in and mark-out for VTR events, and log
related informations.
Quickstart (loading an external feed in the play queue):
1. Follow items 1-4 for “loading a track in the play queue” in the selection window
2. Highlight the desired feed from grid.
3. Press the OK button to confirm: the selected feed is loaded into the on-air queue.
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Detailed description
Channel list
The grid shows the list of filed external feeds set according to the installed video router.
From left to right: channel description, Input1, Output1, Input2, Output2, GPO trigger.
Box Mark In - Mark out
Nel caso la linea esterna corrisponda a un videolettore collegato via RS232 o RS422, e si
desideri effettuare il puntamento di una sezione di nastro, impostare nei rispettivi box il
mark-in e mark-out. E’ possibile resettare i valori al default facendo click sui rispettivi
pulsanti alla destra dei box stessi.
Box Evento length
Sets the destre length for the event to be loaded into the play queue.
Description, program type, Produder boxes
This section allows to specify all the programme related informations required from the
Italian government to compile the station log. You can simply skip this section.
Cancel button
Cancels operations and closes the selection window.
OK button
Confirms operations, loads the selected external feed in the play queue and
closes the selection window.
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Chapter 2: the scheduling and database management
module
This is the main window of MoviejayVX database management and scheduling module.
This is a separate executable which allows initial system setup and database management
(clips, commercials, programmes, etc.) as well as scheduling of playlists and commercial
breaks, and initial system setup.
Clips button
Opens the clips database management window.
Commercials button
Opens the commercials database management window.
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Playlist button
Opens the playlist scheduling window.
Programmes button
Opens the programmes database management window.
Logos button
Opens the logos database management window.
Update start times button
Updates events’ length (programmes, commercial breaks, etc.) into playlists
according to any changes made to events’ databases.
Select skin button
Recalls the open dialog which allows to browse the skin folder to select the
desired skin.
Clip palette button
Opens the Clip Palette database management window.
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Commercial Breaks button
Opens the commercial break scheduling window.
Hardware button
Opens the setup window to allow initial system setup as well as setting of
various operating switches.
Station log window
Opens the station log window.
Exit button
Terminates database management module execution.
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The preview window
This window is recalled by virtually any clips’ management window (clips, commercials,
programmes, etc.), allowing you to preview clips and set clip’s Fade-In and Fade-Out
markers, entry markers for commercial breaks, edit graphic overlays timeline (logos, texts,
Flash animations), edit overlays settings.
Depending on where the preview window is recalled from, the shown layout changes
according to requested features:
1) Markers, volume and logos timeline (if recalled from clips, spots and
programmes database window).
2) Graphic overlay settings (logos, text or Flash animation) if recalled from logo
overlays database management window.
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Clips editing layout:
Quickstart (setting Fade-In and Fade-Out markers):
1. Press the “Play/Pause” button to start playing.
2. Move to the desired point with the slider, Rew - Fwd - Fast Rew - Fast Fwd buttons,
and the shuttle search knob.
3. Press the “Set Start” button when desired to mark the Fade-In point when.
4. Use the “Set End” button as above for the Fade-Out point.
5. Press the OK button to confirm changes when you’re done.
Detailed description
Position slider
While the clip is playing, just click and
drag this slider to the left or right to
change the absolute track playing
position.
Volume slider
While the clip is playing, you can edit playback
volume if required. When the preview window is
opened for a new clip added to the database, the
slider is set to 0dB, otherwise it automatically reflects the volume set in the database for
the corresponding clip.
Set Start button
Click on this button to set the Fade-In marker for the clip loaded in the
preview window Press the desired button while the track is playing, and
release the button when the track has just reached the desired Fade-In
position. The set marker will be shown on the corresponding display on the left of the
button. You may also manually edit values directly on the displays if you wish.
Set End button
Click on this button to set the Fade-Out marker for the clip loaded in the
preview window. Press the desired button while the track is playing, and
release the button when the track has just reached the desired Fade-Out
position. The set marker will be shown on the corresponding display on the
left of the button. You may also manually edit values directly on the displays if you wish.
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Set Marker button
Only for clips stored under the “Programmes” database, Moviejay allows to
set up to 10 markers to mark the corresponding commercial breaks entry
points, so that Moviejay will be able to split a programme with a break and
restart the same programme until it’s time for the next commercial
break. Click a marker between the 10 available ones, to select the
desired one (the marker will be highlighted in red), then press the move
the clip to the desired position and press the “Set marker” button: the value on the display
will be automatically updated. You may also manually insert or edit values directly on the
displays if you wish.
Go Start button
Click on this button to change the track’s playing position to the user-set
Fade-In marker: this way, you may easily check your Fade-In settings.
Go End button
Click on this button to change the track’s playing position to the user-set
Fade-Out marker: this way, you may easily check your Fade-Out settings.
Go Marker button
Click on this button to change the track’s playing position to the one of the
highlighted markers: this way, you may easily check your commercial
breaks entry points settings.
Pulsante Play/Pausa
Starts/stops playing the current video track. If you’re in frame
still mode, pressing the button resumes normal play mode.
Pulsanti Rew/Fwd/Rew Veloce/Fwd Veloce
This group of 4 buttons switches to still frame mode and changes
track’s playing position, allowing extremely precise cueing of any
video track before setting markers:
5.
6.
7.
8.
Rew: 100 milliseconds back
Fwd: 100 milliseconds forward
Fast Rew: 500 milliseconds back
Fast Fwd: 500 milliseconds forward
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Shuttle search knob
Same as the 4 buttons above, but allows still more precise and, why not,
funny cueing: click on the knob handle and drag the knob clockwise to
move forward or counterclockwise to move backward.
Get Sample button
Press the button while the video clip is playing or paused to capture the
current frame to disk as JPG picture. This picture will be shown on the play
queue in the on-air module as visual mnemonic for the contents of the clip
itself. The picture is saved with the same filename of the video clip, but with JPG
extension.
Quickstart (setting a graphic overlay):
1.
2.
3.
4.
Press the “Play/Pause” button to start playing.
Press the “Select logo” button to select the desired logo from the database.
Press the “Set Mode” button to switch into logo marker setting mode.
When you wish to start the logo overlay, press the “Show logo” button; the logo is
shown in overly into the playback window.
5. When you wish to stop the logo overlay, press the “Clear Logo” button; the logo overlay
is cleared.
6. Press the “Test mode” button to switch into verify mode, then drag the cursor to start of
file; logos will be overlayed exactly as scheduled before.
7. Press the OK button to confirm.
Select Logo button
Allows to select from the logos database the desired logo for video overlays.
Click on the button to open the logos database management window,
browse the database for the desired logo, then click “OK” to confirm
selection.
Open from CG button
Browse the Hard Disk to select a graphic project made into an external CG
system. When you confirm selection, MoviejayVX automaticalli generate a
sample bitmap to overlay when setting logo timeline.
Show Logo button
Marks the current position in the clip as overlay start marker for the currently
selected logo, and stores the settings into the overlay timeline.
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Clear Logo button
Marks the current position in the clip as overlay end marker for the currently
selected logo, and stores the settings into the overlay timeline.
Go to event button
Moves the clip playing position on the highlighted event in the timeline,
allowing you to verify the right marker setting for logo overlay.
Clear Event button
Deletes from the timeline the highlighted marker.
Clear All button
Deletes all the events from the timeline.
Preview mode button
Sets the logo overlay mode in “Preview” mode: all changes made are
simply overlayed on the video clips, without storing the event in the
timeline.
Set Mode button
Sets the logo overlay mode in “Set” mode: all changes made are also
stored in the timeline.
Test Mode button
Sets the logo overlay mode in “Test” mode: playing the clip all the overlays
made will be shown to check for any mistakes.
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Picture editing layout:
Picture transparency
Allows to set the picture transparency mode:
- Solid (use alpha channel): the Alpha channel stored into the picture (PNGs, TGAs) is
used. In case the Alpha channel is not available, picture is overlayed without any
transparency.
- Top-left pixel is color key: the top-left pixel is considered as transparency colour. For
example, if the top-left pixel is black, any black pixel in the picture is transparent.
- Custom color-key: allows to manually set transparency colours with related controls
(described later).
Horizontal position slider
Allows to set horizontal position of the overlayed logo on the screen.
Vertical position slider
Allows to set vertical position of the overlayed logo on the screen.
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Picture width slider
Allows to set picture overlay width, so the picture can be resized as requested. Setting this
value to 0, the logo is shown in the original width. When this value is updated, the height
value is automatically recalculated so the original aspect ratio is kept.
Picture height slider
Allows to set picture overlay height, should you wish to resize the picture comparing to the
value automatically set after changing width.
Alpha transparency slider
Sets the Alpha transparency for the logo overlay.
Colour range checkbox
If the picture transparency mode is set to “custom color key” and this box is checked, then
transparency colours are set between a min and max range. The min and max values can
be set with controls descrive below. If the box is not checked, the transparency colour is
set on the max colour only. For example:
_nColorKeyMin = RGBA( r, g, b, alpha)
_nColorKeyMax = RGBA( R, G, B, ALPHA)
All the pixel whose colours r1,g1,b1 that satisfy the conditions:
r1 in [r, R], g1 in [g, G], b1 in [b, B] ( r <= r1 <= R && g <= g1 <= G && b <= b1 <= B )
will have transparency [alpha..ALPHA]
Min colour selection button
Sets the min transparency colour.
Min colour Alpha
Sets the Alpha transparency value for the min colour.
Max colour selection button
Sets the max transparency colour.
Max colour Alpha
Sets the Alpha transparency value for the max colour.
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Text editing layout:
Text overlay type
Sets the type of text overlay:
- Text: the overlay is the text typed in the related box.
- Date: overlays current date
- Time: overlays current time
- Frame number: overlays frame number
- SMPTE timecode: overlays SMPTE timecode.
Text overlay box
Allows to type the text to show into overlay.
Horizontal position slider
Allows to set horizontal position for the text to overlay.
Vertical position slider
Allows to set vertical position for the text to overlay.
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Alpha transparency slider
Sets the Alpha transparency for the text overlay.
Horizontal scrolling speed slider
Sets the horizontal scrolling speed for the text overlay (crawl). It is possible to scroll
towards left or right setting negative or positive values. Setting to 0, text is static.
Vertical scrolling speed slider
Sets the vertical scrolling speed for the text overlay (roll). It is possible to scroll towards top
or bottom setting negative or positive values. Setting to 0, text is static.
Font button
Opens the dialog window to select the font, font size and attributes (bold, italic, etc.) to use
for text overlay.
Outlined text checkbox
If checked, text is shown outlined in the same colour set for background. Obviously, in this
case you should set background Alpha transparency to 0.
Text Colour button
Opens the dialog window to select the font colour. The selected colour is shown in the box
on the right.
Text Alpha transparency slider
Sets the Alpha transparency for text.
Background colour button
Opens the dialog window to select the background colour. The selected colour is shown in
the box on the right.
Background Alpha transparency slider
Sets the Alpha transparency for text background.
Update text button
Updates the text overlay according to new settings made.
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Flash animation editing layout:
Horizontal position slider
Allows to set horizontal position for the Flash animation overlay.
Vertical position slider
Allows to set vertical position for the Flash animation overlay.
Width slider
Allows to set Flash animation width, so the overlay can be resized as requested. Setting
this value to 0, the animation is shown in the original width. When this value is updated,
the height value is automatically recalculated so the original aspect ratio is kept.
Height slider
Allows to set animation height, should you wish to resize the overlay comparing to the
value automatically set after changing width.
Alpha transparency slider
Sets the Alpha transparency for the Flash overlay.
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Transition time slider
Once new settings (position, size, etc.) have been made, this value sets the transition time
to the new settings.
Update animation slider
Updates the Flash animation according to settings made.
Cancel button
Discards any changes made and closes the preview window.
OK button
Confirms changes and closes the selection window.
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The clips database management window
This is the clips database management window, which is recalled from the main window to
manage the clips database. Clicking on the tabs in the upper area of the screen you may
also access the categories database as well as a semi-automatic clips archive update
utility.
Quickstart (adding a clip to the database):
1. Press the New button to enter insert mode.
2. Select the disk from the drop-down list, then browse your hard disk for the desired
video clip using the “open” icon to the right of the file name box.
3. If needed, enter clip title, artist, categories, release date, etc. and optionally press the
preview button if you wish to set any marker.
4. Press the OK button to confirm when done.
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Detailed description:
Disk combo box
Contains the hard disk name where the video track corresponding to the current clip is
stored. Click on the icon on the right of the edit box and choose one of the available disks
from the drop-down list. To setup hard disks which will be used to store video tracks, use
the “Disks” tab under the hardware setup window.
File name edit box
Contains the file name of the current clip, with full path info except for the hard disk. Click
on the “open” icon on the right of the edit box: a standard “file open” dialog window will
appear to let you browse your disk for the desired video file. “Title” and “Artist” field are
automatically filled from the clip’s file name, if this conforms to the format “Artist – Title”
(the hypen is used as field separator). Of course, you can always edit fields’ contents if
necessary!
Audio Left / Audio Right boxes
In case of video clips made from individual audio and video streams, these boxes contain
filename for Left and Right audio tracks. To select files, click on the buttons on the right
and use the standard dialog to browse your disk for the desired files.
Title edit box
Contains the title of the current clip.
Title button
Sorts the clips database by clip titles: quick search and database browsing are performed
by clip titles.
Artist edit box
Contains the artist or for the current clip.
Artist button
Sorts the clips database by author/artist: quick search and database browsing are
performed by artist.
Categories edit boxes
Insert here the category that the current clip belongs to. Click on the arrow icon on the
right of the edit boxes and choose up to a couple of the available categories from the dropdown list. This information turns very useful when you create random playlists since
MoviejayVX features on-the-fly random clips selection by category. To manage the list of
categories, click on the “categories” tab on the top of the screen.
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Nationality group box
Sets nationality for the current clip. Click on the arrow icon on the right of the edit box and
choose one of the available nationalities from the drop-down list. This information turns
very useful when you generate random playlists: MoviejayVX can randomly select clips by
nationality to automatically build on the fly “national” or “international” playlists. To setup
nationalities, click on the “categories” tab on the top of the screen.
Date edit box
Insert here the release date for the current clip. This information turns useful for later
searching in the database.
Album edit box
Contains the album where the current clip belongs to.
Director edit box
Contains the director of the current clip.
Log data section
This section allows to specify all the programme related informations required from the
Italian government to compile the station log. You can simply skip this section.
Length edit box
Contains current clip length in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec. This value is automatically filled in as
soon as you select the video file for the current clip.
Net Length box
Contains current clip net length calculated as difference between fade-out minus fade-in
markers. This value is automatically updated after editing markers into the preview
window.
Fade-In edit box
Contains current clip Fade-In marker in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec. This value is set to 00:00:00.0
when you select the video file for the current clip, but it is automatically updated once you
set the Fade-In marker in the preview window and confirm changes. If you don’t set the
Fade-In marker, the clip will be played from the very beginning of the file (this is normal
unless you want to cut a blank area).
Fade-Out edit box
Contains current Fade-out marker in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec. This value is set to the clip length
when you select the video file for the current clip, but it is automatically updated once you
set the Fade-Out value in the preview window and confirm changes. If you don’t set the
Fade-out value, the clip will be played until the very end of the file.
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Shuffle box
During random playlist execution, MoviejayVX sets the Shuffled value according to the
status of the shuffle for the corresponding clip:
0 = available for selection
1 = selected in the play queue
2 = played on the air
Random checkbox
If checked, the current clip is enabled to be automatically picked during random
selections. Otherwise, the clip may only be recalled manually.
Create index checkbox
If MoviejayVX is working with a Stradis card, should you wish to start playing the clip from
any desired marker, the card itself needs to generate an index for the current clip. The box
will be automatically but only if it is needed to generate the index file, this way it is possible
to speed up editing in case the index is not needed (because already created for the
current file, or because no start or intermediate markers have been set).
Vote Box
Sets the vote for the current clip (meaning the “quality” of the clip), which is a selection
criteria used for random playlist generation.
BPM edit box
Contains BPM value for the current clip. You can type in the value manually or set it with
the preview window: select the “BPM” feature from the group of feature selection buttons
and click on the “Set” button following song’s beats.
Last selected label
Shows date and time when the current clip has been last selected (manually or
automatically). This information turn very useful during live assist, so you can avoid to play
again a clip after short time!
Total selections label
Tells how much times the clip has been played from when it has been added to the
database.
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Copy to channel
Allows to copy this record to another
channel’s database. Select the destination
channel from the drop-down box, then
press the button to confirm. If the same
record is already in the destination database (from a previous copy operation), then the
record is updated with any changes made to the original one, otherwise a new record is
appended to the database. To each record is assigned a unique identifier, so in any case
duplicated records will be created, this is especially important when a batch copy is
performed from the related window, as described later.
Report path
The box contains the filename for the report schema used to print the list of clips. To
load another schema, click on the button to open the standard dialog box.
Edit report
Opens the report schema editing window for the report file currently loaded.
Search box
This is the search box which you can find on many of
the selection/setup windows. The group of 4 buttons on
the top allows to browse the database step by step.
From left to right, the first button moves the pointer to
the beginning of the database, the 2nd button to the
previous record, the 3rd button to the next record, and
the last button to the end of the database. The text box on the bottom allows to quick
search for the desired record: just type the first letters of the desired clip to locate the first
record which matches your criteria.
Filter Button
Shows the filter window, from which you may define the filter criteria for the
clips database (categories, min and max date etc.).
Just set various criteria on which you
need to filter the database, then click
the “OK” button. To reset values and
show the full database without any
filter, click the Reset button, then click
OK to confirm.
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Reports button
Shows the clips report print preview window. The printed report fully reflects
browsing options (sorting by title or artist, filtering, etc.). For example, if you
apply a filter on release date, only the clips matching the filter criteria will be
included in the report.
Preview button
Opens the preview window for the current clip, allowing you to set track’s
Fade-In and Fade-Out markers, or simply previewing the selected track off
the air. The same window is also used to generate the timeline of video
overlays for the current clip.
New button
Switches the database to insert mode to add a new clip.
Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode, to edit fields for the current clip.
Delete button
Deletes the currently selected clip. You’ll see two dialog boxes: the first one
will ask you to confirm database record deletion, the second one will ask you
to confirm the video file deletion from the hard disk. When you delete a clip,
it will be also automatically removed from any playlist or commercial break where it has
been inserted.
Cancel button
Cancels updates to the current record and switches back to browse mode.
OK button
Confirms updates and returns to browse mode. If you are already in browse
mode, closes the clips database management window.
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Click on the “Artists” tab in the upper part of the screen to access the artists database
management window:
The grid on the left contains the list of artists filed into the database. Scrolling the list, in
the section on the right of the window details about the selected artist are shown.
Detailed description:
Artist box
Conains the name of the current artist
Stand-By time edit box
Contains the minimum stand-by time before a song of the same artist can be picked again
during a random selection. In this way you can set the artist for high/low rotation.
Last selected label
Shows date and time when the current artist has been last selected (manually or
automatically). This information turn very useful during live assist, so you can avoid to play
again a clip of the same artist after short time.
Biography text box
This box allows to type biography information related to the current artist.
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Buttons “New”, “Edit”, “Update”, etc. work on the artists database exactly like the
corresponding buttons on the songs database window. You may just refer to the previous
descriptions.
Press the “Update” button, you’ll gain access to a semi-automatic update of the clip
database feature:
Thanks to this window, if you already own a bunch of video tracks you can save
considerable time compared to a manual update of the database: you can automatically
add files to the archive and set a standard category, update existing tracks’ lenghts, delete
orphans, or any combination of the above. Of course, you may always edit records later to
retouch Fade-Out values or clips’ release dates, etc.
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Adding new video tracks
This feature allows to automatically insert into the database a bunch of clips in a folder
without wasting time with a manual update.
1. Use the “disk” combo box to select the hard disk where the folder with the clips
is located.
2. Select the folder which contains the clips to add to the database.
3. Press the up-down arrows to set the standard Fade-Out value (in number of
seconds from the end of file) for the clips to be added.
4. Check the “Add new tracks” box.
5. In the file list on the right of the screen, click on the track(s) you wish to add to
the database (use Ctrl and Shift keys to select multiple file), or click the “Select
all” button to select all tracks, “Select New” to select the only tracks still not in
the database, or “Select None” to unselect all tracks.
6. Press the “start” button to start the update.
7. When done, press the “close” button to close the update window.
Title and artist fields are automatically taken from the clips’ file name (if this is of the form
“Artist – Title”, with a dash as field separator). This feature turns very useful when you
have just installed Moviejay and want to rapidly populate the clips database, keeping for
later manual retouching of values such as categories and markers. Of course, whenever
possible, manual updates are always preferred, so various fields can be precisely set
according to each clip!
Update tracks’ lenghts
Some broadcasters prefer to just name in a bunch of clips with sequential numbers (for
example, from 1 to 20). This way they’re able to create a playlist once (for example a
chart) and later just update clips over-writing the old ones without having to update the
playlist with the new clip names. In this case it turns useful to update length and Fade-Out
values in the database according to the new file contents. This feature checks every
track’s length in the database and, if and only if not the same as the one stored in the
database, updates length and mix out values in the database.
1. Check the “Update tracks’ length” box.
2. Press the up-down arrows to set the standard mix out value (in number of
seconds from the end of file) for the clips in the database which lengths are
changed (the unchanged files are not updated).
3. Press the “start” button to start the update.
4. When done, press the “close” button to close the update window.
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Delete orphans
To guarantee that on air operations are not interrupted because of missing video tracks,
Moviejay automatically checks that every item has its associated file on disk for each file it
attempts to add to the play queue. In case of failure during playlist execution, the missing
file is not taken into account, and the software jumps to the next one. But, supposing our
playlist is made up of an alternating clip-jingle-song-jingle sequence, for each missing
song we will hear two jingles one after another: if the database contains many orphans
(maybe you have deleted or moved entire folders without updating the database), this is
surely not so pleasant for our listeners! To check your clips database for orphans
(database records without the corresponding file on disk) and automatically remove them,
just use this feature.
1. Check the “Delete orphans” box.
2. Press the “start” button to start the update.
3. When done, press the “close” button to close the update window.
Pressing the “Categories” tab on the top of the screen, you will be able to edit the list of
categories that will be use when populating clips database and when creating random
playlists by category.
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Detailed description
Category / Nationality edit box
Contains the category / nationality to be added to the database. Just type the
denomination to add and press the Insert button.
Category / Nationality grids
Contains the list of categories / nationalities in the database. You can navigate the list with
the arrows on the right.
Insert button
Adds to the database the category / nationality typed in the edit box.
Edit Button
Edits the selected category / nationality in the database grid according to the
text typed in the category edit box.
Delete button
Deletes from the database the currently selected category / nationality from
the related grid.
OK button
Closes the categories setup window.
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Click on the “Browse Items” tab in the upper part of the screen to access a set of features
allowing you to perform batch edits on a group of records (for example, to edit path, style,
etc.) or copy and paste records to another database (for example to another channel).
Quickstart
* batch edit settings for several clips:
1. In the grid containing the list of filed programmes, click the items that you wish to edit;
items remain selected also without pressing the Shift or Ctrl buttons on your keyboard.
To unselect a programme, just click the same item again. Use the “Select all” and
“Select none” buttons to select all the programmes or clear your selection.
2. Edit settings that you wish to change on the selected items, for example scheduling
date, categories, etc, while leaving empty all the settings that you don’t wish to change.
3. Press the Apply button to confirm.
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* batch copy clip to another channel:
1. As above, select the clips that you wish to edit.
2. Select the destination database (channel) that you wish to copy your programmes to.
3. Press the “Copy to” button to confirm.
* batch delete clips:
1. As above, select the clips that you wish to delete.
2. Press the “Delete selected” button to confirm.
Troubleshooting:
You can also add a new clip into the database with a simple drag-and-drop, just drag a
clip from Windows’ Explorer (or other applications) and drop to this window. The
database is switched into Insert mode so you can add required informations into
related fields. When finished with editing, just press the OK button to confirm edits.
Both nationalities and categories are internally handled as numeric autoincrement
codes so, if you make a mistake when editing an existing record, don’t delete and
create a new one, but just edit your existing one. If you delete the type and add a new
instance of the same type, the record will be assigned a new numeric code, so it will be
treated as it was a completely different style: any song which had been assigned the
old style will show a blank style field, which would need to be reassigned to a new one.
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The commercials database management window
This is the commercials setup window, which is recalled from the main setup window to
manage the commercials database. Clicking on the tabs on the top of the screen you may
access a the commercial scheduler and, the business types and commercial splitting
areas databases, and batch edit windows.
Quick start (adding a commercial to the database):
1. Press the New button to switch to insert mode.
2. Select the disk from the drop-down list, then browse your hard disk for the desired
commercial using the “open” icon to the right of the file name box.
3. Enter the commercial name in the edit box and optionally press the preview button if
you want to set any marker.
4. Press the OK button to confirm when done.
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Detailed description
Disk combo box
Contains the hard disk name where the video track corresponding to the current
commercial has been stored. Click on the icon on the right of the edit box and choose one
of the available disks from the drop-down list. To setup hard disks which will be used to
store video tracks, use the disks setup window.
File name edit box
Contains the file name of the current commercial, with full path info except for the hard
disk. Click on the “open” icon on the right of the edit box: a standard “file open” dialog
window will appear to let you browse your disk for the desired video file.
Audio Left / Audio Right boxes
In case of video clips made from individual audio and video streams, these boxes contain
filename for Left and Right audio tracks. To select files, click on the buttons on the right
and use the standard dialog to browse your disk for the desired files.
Commercial name edit box
Contains the title of the current commercial.
Business type edit box
Contains the business type for the current commercial (for example, pubs, shopping malls,
etc.). Click on the icon on the right of the edit box and choose one of the available
business types from the drop-down list. To manage the business types database, click on
the tab on the top of the screen.
Priority edit box
Contains the priority value needed for auto-positioning the commercial in commercial
breaks (for example, start, middle, or end of the break). Click on the icon on the right of the
edit box to select the desired priority value: higher values mean first places and vice-versa.
The higher priority values (9 and 10) and the lower one (1) should be reserved to the
break’s opening and closing jingles.
Length edit box
Contains current commercial length in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec. This value is automatically filled
in as soon as you select the video file for the current commercial.
Net Length box
Contains current programme net length calculated as difference between fade-out minus
fade-in markers. This value is automatically updated after editing markers into the preview
window.
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Fade-Out edit box
Contains current commercial Fade-Out marker in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec. This value is set to
the commercial length when you select the video file for the current commercial, but it is
automatically updated once you set the Fade-Out value in the preview window and confirm
changes. If you don’t set the mix-out value, the commercial will be played until the very
end of the file.
Start date box
Contains the broadcasting start date for the current commercial: commercials contained in
a break are loaded in the play queue only if the system date is between commercials’ start
and end date. This field is optional: if not specified, the commercial will be broadcasted
until the specified end date (if any). To set the start date, type it in directly or click on the
icon on the right of the edit box: a calendar will appear which points to the current date.
The 4 arrows on hit allow you to 1) move to the previous year, 2) move to the previous
month, 3)move to the next month, 4) move to the next year. Once you have selected the
right year and month, just click on the day shown on the calendar to confirm.
End date box
Contains the broadcasting end date for the current commercial: commercials contained in
a break are loaded in the play queue only if the system date is between commercials’ start
and end date. This field is optional: if not specified, the commercial will be broadcasted
forever starting from the specified start date (if any). To set the end date, type it in directly
or click on the icon on the right of the edit box: a calendar will appear which points to the
current date. The 4 arrows on hit allow you to 1) move to the previous year, 2) move to the
previous month, 3)move to the next month, 4) move to the next year. Once you have
selected the right year and month, just click on the day shown on the calendar to confirm.
On air days group box
When you switch to insert mode to add a new commercials, all the 7 boxes are checked as
default option: the commercial will be on air any day of the week. However, if you uncheck
one or more of them, you can exclude the commercial from loading on the corresponding
days of week.
Copy to channel
Allows to copy this record to another
channel’s database. Select the destination
channel from the drop-down box, then
press the button to confirm. If the same
record is already in the destination database (from a previous copy operation), then the
record is updated with any changes made to the original one, otherwise a new record is
appended to the database. To each record is assigned a unique identifier, so in any case
duplicated records will be created, this is especially important when a batch copy is
performed from the related window, as described later.
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Report path
The box contains the filename for the report schema used to print the list of
commercials. To load another schema, click on the button to open the standard dialog box.
Edit report
Opens the report schema editing window for the report file currently loaded.
Search box
This is the search box which you can find on many of the selection/setup windows. The
group of 4 buttons on the top allows to browse the database step by step. From left to
right, the first button moves the pointer to the beginning
of the database, the 2nd button to the previous record,
the 3rd button to the next record, and the last button to
the end of the database. The text box on the bottom
allows to quick search for the desired record: just type
the first letters of the desired commercial to locate the
first record which matches your criteria.
Reports button
Shows the commercials report print preview window. The printed report fully
reflects browsing options (sorting, filtering, etc.): if you apply a filter, only the
commercials that satisfy your criteria will be printed.
Preview button
Opens the preview window for the current commercial, allowing you to set
track’s Fade-In and Fade-Out markers, or simply previewing the selected
track off the air. The same window is also used to generate the timeline of
video overlays for the current commercial.
New button
Switches the database to insert mode to add a new commercial.
Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode, to edit fields for the current commercial.
Delete button
Deletes the currently selected commercial. You’ll see two dialog boxes: the
first one will ask you to confirm database record deletion, the second one
will ask you to confirm the video file deletion from the hard disk. When you
delete a commercial, it will be also automatically removed from any playlist or commercial
break where it has been inserted.
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Cancel button
Cancels updates to the current record.
OK button
Confirms updates and returns to browse mode. If you are already in browse
mode, closes the commercials setup window.
Pressing the “commercial breaks” tab on the top of the window, you’ll gain access to a
procedure for a semi-automatic management of commercial breaks:
Quickstart (scheduling a commercial):
1. First of all, browse the commercial database to locate the desired record, then press
the “commercial break” tab to switch to window shown above.
2. Press the “Copy from Setup” button to paste scheduling settings made into main
window. Press the “Edit” button to enable editing.
3. Click on the cells corresponding to the desired breaks where you want to add the
selected commercial; cells will turn blue. If you want to remove your commercial from
the specific break, click again on the same cell, and so on.
4. Press the OK button to confirm updates.
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Detailed description
Total commercials
Shows the total number of breaks where the current commercial has been inserted. This
number is automatically updated when you click on the cells to add or remove
commercials from the corresponding break.
Date selection box
Changing the date on this box allows to show the related
scheduling for the selected commercial on the specified date.
Buttons on the left and right allow to move on previous and next
day.
Commercial groups
It is possible to define groups of commercial breaks, allowing to
split the offer to customers depending on airing time. For
example you can set the time interval from midnight to 6.00.00
as “night time”, to sell at lower price, and peak hours to sell at
full price. Once these settings have been done into the Commercial Breaks window, in
scheduling you will just have to select the required group with this box. From left to right,
the 1st button deletes from the grid all the scheduled commercials, the 2nd button deletes
only the time slots corresponding to the selected group, 3rd button adds to scheduling only
the time slots corresponding to the selected group, last button schedules the commercial
all the day.
Reports button
Shows the commercial details report print preview window. This report is
useful for printing a list of the breaks where the current commercial has
been added.
Edit button
Switches to edit mode. Click again to return to browse mode.
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Progress bar
When you press the “OK” button to confirm
commercial scheduling, this progress bar turns visible
to show overall processing progress and the break
currently under scheduling, for example the break at
13:50:00 on 10/06/2006. The button on the right allows to cancel the scheduling progress.
Copy from Setup
Press this button to paste scheduling settings from the main commercials
database window (days of the week, start and ending date, rotation, etc.).
Show Schedule
When this button is checked, if you click on time slots into the scheduling
grid, the playlist grid on the right of the window shows the list of
commercials related to the clicked slot.
Copy To Date
If the button is checked, the scheduling made for the current date is
copied up to the date set into this box. Otherwise, only the day set
into the date box is scheduled.
Cancel button
Cancels updates and returns to browse mode.
OK button
Confirms updates and returns to browse mode. If you are already in browse
mode, closes the commercial breaks window.
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Clicking on the “Business types” tab in the upper part of the screen, you gain access to the
business types management window:
Detailed description
Business type edit box
Contains the business type to be added to the database. Just type it in and press the
Insert button.
Business types grid
Contains the list of business types in the database. You can navigate the list with the
arrows on the right.
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Insert button
Adds to the database the business type typed in the edit box.
Edit Button
Edits the selected business type in the database grid according to what
typed in the edit box.
Delete button
Deletes from the database the currently selected business type in the grid.
OK button
Closes the business types setup window.
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Clicking on the “Split areas” tab in the upper part of the screen, you gain access to the
commercial splitting areas management window. If you didn’t purchase the optional
splitting module, please leave the default settings unchanged.
Detailed description
Area name Edit Box
Contains the name of the splitting area in the database.
Import File Box
If commercial programming is imported from and external scheduler like Spotline, this box
contains the full path to the import file for the selected area.
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New button
Switches the database to insert mode to add a new area.
Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode, to edit fields for the current area.
Delete button
Deletes the currently selected area. When you delete a splitting area, any
break belonging to the area will be also automatically removed.
Cancel button
Cancels updates and returns to browse mode.
OK button
Confirms updates and returns to browse mode. If you are already in browse
mode, closes the splitting area window.
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Click on the “Browse Items” tab in the upper part of the screen to access a set of features
allowing you to perform batch edits on a group of records (for example, to edit path, style,
etc.) or copy and paste records to another database (for example to another channel).
Quickstart
* batch edit settings for several commercials:
1. In the grid containing the list of filed commercials, click the items that you wish to edit;
items remain selected also without pressing the Shift or Ctrl buttons on your keyboard.
To unselect a commercial, just click the same item again. Use the “Select all” and
“Select none” buttons to select all the commercials or clear your selection.
2. Edit settings that you wish to change on the selected items, for example scheduling
date, categories, etc, while leaving empty all the settings that you don’t wish to change.
3. Press the Apply button to confirm.
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* batch copy commercials to another channel:
1. As above, select the commercials that you wish to edit.
2. Select the destination database (channel) that you wish to copy your commercials to.
3. Press the “Copy to” button to confirm.
* batch delete commercials:
1. As above, select the commercials that you wish to delete.
2. Press the “Delete selected” button to confirm.
Troubleshooting:
You can also add a new commercial into the database with a simple drag-and-drop,
just drag a clip from Windows’ Explorer (or other applications) and drop to this window.
The database is switched into Insert mode so you can add required informations into
related fields. When finished with editing, just press the OK button to confirm edits.
Business types are internally handled as numeric autoincrement codes so, if you make
a mistake when editing an existing record, don’t delete and create a new one, but just
edit your existing one. If you delete the type and add a new instance of the same type,
the record will be assigned a new numeric code, so it will be treated as it was a
completely different style: any song which had been assigned the old style will show a
blank field, which would need to be reassigned to a new one.
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The programmes database management window
This is the programmes setup window (air shifts, news, etc.) which is recalled from the
main setup window to manage the programmes archive. Clicking on the tabs on the top of
the screen you get access to the categories management window and browse database
window.
Quickstart (adding a programme to the database):
1. Press the New button to enter insert mode.
2. Select the disk from the drop-down list, then browse your hard disk for the desired
programme using the “open” icon to the right of the file name box.
3. Enter the commercial name in the edit box and optionally press the preview button if
you want to set any marker.
4. Press the OK button to confirm when done.
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Detailed description
Disk combo box
Contains the hard disk name where the video track corresponding to the current
programme has been stored. Click on the icon on the right of the edit box and choose one
of the available disks from the drop-down list. To setup hard disks which will be used to
store video tracks, use the disks setup window.
File name edit box
Contains the file name of the current programme, with full path info except for the hard
disk. Click on the “open” icon on the right of the edit box: a standard “file open” dialog
window will appear to let you browse your disk for the desired video file.
Audio Left / Audio Right boxes
In case of video clips made from individual audio and video streams, these boxes contain
filename for Left and Right audio tracks. To select files, click on the buttons on the right
and use the standard dialog to browse your disk for the desired files.
Programme name edit box
Contains current programme name. This information is taken from the filename, but you
can edit this field as desired.
Programme type 1 / 2 edit boxes
Contains current programme category (for example, air shifts, news, etc.). Click on the
icon on the right of the edit boxes and choose up to a couple of the available categories
from the drop-down list. To manage the programme categories database, click on the tab
on the top of the screen.
Daily checkbox
If this box is checked, the current programme is treated as “daily”: this feature turns very
useful should you wish to daily broadcast a programme (for example the daily horoscope),
but auto-selecting every day a different file: just create a folder called “horoscope” and fill
it with the daily files (MPG or AVI), which need to be named in with the date when they
should be broadcasted, for example 02282001.mpg – 03012001.avi etc. Each day the the
file with the corresponding date will be automatically selected, without the need of manual
updates.
Log data section
This section allows to specify all the programme related informations required from the
Italian government to compile the station log. You can simply skip this section.
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EPG Denomination box
This box allows to specify the programme denomination which will be broadcasted to the
EPG encoder.
EPG description box
This box allows to specify the programme extended description which will be broadcasted
to the EPG encoder.
Length box
Contains current programme length in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec. This value is automatically filled
in as soon as you select the video file for the current programme.
Net Length box
Contains current programme net length calculated as difference between fade-out minus
fade-in markers. This value is automatically updated after editing markers into the preview
window.
Fade-In edit box
Contains current programme start marker in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec. This value is set to
00:00:00.0 when you select the video file for the current programme, but it is automatically
updated once you set the start marker in the preview window and confirm changes. If you
don’t set the Fade-In value, the programme will be played from the very beginning of the
file (this is normal unless you want to cut blank areas).
Fade-Out edit box
Contains current programme Fade-Out marker in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec. This value is set to
the jingle length when you select the video file for the current programme, but it is
automatically updated once you set the Fade-Out value in the preview window and confirm
changes. If you don’t set the Fade-Out value, the programme will be played until the very
end of the file.
Create index checkbox
If MoviejayVX is working with a Stradis card, should you wish to start playing the clip from
any desired marker, the card itself needs to generate an index for the current clip. The box
will be automatically but only if it is needed to generate the index file, this way it is possible
to speed up editing in case the index is not needed (because already created for the
current file, or because no start or intermediate markers have been set).
Start / End date boxes
Allow to set broadcasting start / end dates for the current programme: programme is
loaded in the play queue anyway, but will be shown in red in the playlist grid. This field is
optional: if not specified, the commercial will be broadcasted until the specified end date (if
any). To set dates, type directly or click on the icon on the right of the edit box: a calendar
will appear which points to the current date. The 4 arrows on hit allow you to 1) move to
the previous year, 2) move to the previous month, 3)move to the next month, 4) move to
the next year. Once you have selected the right year and month, just click on the day
shown on the calendar to confirm.
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Copy to channel
Allows to copy this record to another
channel’s database. Select the destination
channel from the drop-down box, then
press the button to confirm. If the same
record is already in the destination database (from a previous copy operation), then the
record is updated with any changes made to the original one, otherwise a new record is
appended to the database. To each record is assigned a unique identifier, so in any case
duplicated records will be created, this is especially important when a batch copy is
performed from the related window, as described later.
Report path
The box contains the filename for the report schema used to print the list of
programmes. To load another schema, click on the button to open the standard dialog box.
Edit report
Opens the report schema editing window for the report file currently loaded.
Search box
This is the search box which you can find on many of
the selection/setup windows. The group of 4 buttons on
the top allows to browse the database step by step.
From left to right, the first button moves the pointer to
the beginning of the database, the 2nd button to the
previous record, the 3rd button to the next record, and
the last button to the end of the database. The text box on the bottom allows to quick
search for the desired record: just type the first letters of the desired commercial to locate
the first record which matches your criteria.
Reports button
Shows the programme report print preview window. The printed report fully
reflects browsing options (sorting, filtering, etc.): if you apply a filter, only the
programmes that satisfy your criteria will be printed.
Preview button
Opens the preview window for the current programme, allowing you to set
track’s Fade-In, Fade-Out and commercial break markers, or simply
previewing the selected track off the air. The same window is also used to
generate the timeline of video overlays for the current programme.
New button
Switches the database to insert mode to add a new programme.
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Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode, to edit fields for the current programme.
Delete button
Deletes the currently selected programme. You’ll see two dialog boxes: the
first one will ask you to confirm database record deletion, the second one
will ask you to confirm the video file deletion from the hard disk. When you
delete a programme, it will be also automatically removed from any playlist or commercial
break where it has been inserted.
Cancel button
Cancels updates to the current record.
OK button
Confirms updates and returns to browse mode. If you are already in browse
mode, closes the programmes setup window.
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Click on the “Programme types” tab in the upper part of the screen to access to the
programme categories management window:
Detailed description
Programme type edit box
Contains the category to be added to the database. Just type it in and press the Insert
button.
Categories grid
Contains the list of programme categories in the database. You can navigate the list with
the arrows on the right.
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Insert button
Adds to the database the category typed in the edit box.
Edit Button
Edits the selected category in the database grid according to what typed in
the category edit box.
Delete button
Deletes from the database the currently selected category in the grid.
OK button
Closes the programme categories setup window.
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Click on the “Browse Items” tab in the upper part of the screen to access a set of features
allowing you to perform batch edits on a group of records (for example, to edit path, style,
etc.) or copy and paste records to another database (for example to another channel).
Quickstart
* batch edit settings for several programmes:
4. In the grid containing the list of filed programmes, click the items that you wish to edit;
items remain selected also without pressing the Shift or Ctrl buttons on your keyboard.
To unselect a programme, just click the same item again. Use the “Select all” and
“Select none” buttons to select all the programmes or clear your selection.
5. Edit settings that you wish to change on the selected items, for example scheduling
date, categories, etc, while leaving empty all the settings that you don’t wish to change.
6. Press the Apply button to confirm.
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* batch copy programmes to another channel:
4. As above, select the programmes that you wish to edit.
5. Select the destination database (channel) that you wish to copy your programmes to.
6. Press the “Copy to” button to confirm.
* batch delete programmes:
3. As above, select the programmes that you wish to delete.
4. Press the “Delete selected” button to confirm.
Troubleshooting:
You can also add a new programme into the database with a simple drag-and-drop,
just drag a clip from Windows’ Explorer (or other applications) and drop to this window.
The database is switched into Insert mode so you can add required informations into
related fields. When finished with editing, just press the OK button to confirm edits.
Both nationalities and categories are internally handled as numeric autoincrement
codes so, if you make a mistake when editing an existing record, don’t delete and
create a new one, but just edit your existing one. If you delete the type and add a new
instance of the same type, the record will be assigned a new numeric code, so it will be
treated as it was a completely different style: any song which had been assigned the
old style will show a blank field, which would need to be reassigned to a new one.
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The playlists scheduling window
This is the playlists scheduling window, which is recalled from the main setup window to
manage the playlists database. Each playlist can hold a virtually unlimited number of clips,
random clips, spots, programmes, commercial breaks, external feeds etc. or any
combination of the above. Playlists can be fired manually in live-assist operations, or
automatically on the scheduled time and day of week. Playlists may also be played in loop
mode, so you’ll never risk to rest without anything on the air just because your schedule
was too short!
The “playlist selection” window contains a group of boxes with the relevant data
concerning the current playlists such as denomination, auto fire time and days, auto-fire
switches, etc. Pressing the details tab, a grid with the list of items contained in the current
playlist is shown, as well as a group of controls allowing to edit the contents of the current
playlist.
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Quickstart (setting up a playlist):
In the following example we’ll add to the database a quite complex playlist which will be
automatically started on Sunday and Tuesday at 10.00.00 AM. Such complexity will rarely
be needed, but you’ll find here a bunch of examples to satisfy any possible need. Of
course, you cannot add/remove items when database is in browse mode, but you must
first enter insert or edit mode depending on your needs.
1. Press the New button to enter insert mode.
2. Enter the playlist name in the edit box, enter 10.00.00 as start time and check Sun and
Tue boxes in the start days group.
3. Click on the “details” tab to see the playlist contents grid, which will be of course empty.
4. We are now going to add a clip: in the lower area of the screen, select the “clips”
category from the drop-down box, then click the Add button to open the clips database
management window. Browse the database for the desired clip, then click on the “OK”
button to confirm. You’ll see your clip in the upper grid, meaning it has been added to
the playlist.
5. We are now going to add a programme: in the lower area of the screen, select the
“programmes” category from the drop-down box, then click the Add button to open the
programmes database management window. Browse the database for the desired
item, then click on the “OK” button to confirm. You’ll see your programme in the upper
grid just after the clip added before, meaning it has been added to the playlist.
6. Finally let’s add an external feed: in the lower area of the screen, select the “External
Line” category from the drop down box, then click on the Add button to open the
External Feeds management window. Select your desired channel, enter the desired
length for your external event, then click on “OK” to confirm. You’ll see your external
feed in the upper grid at the end of the playlist.
7. Now we have a playlist with 1) a clip 2) a programme 3) an external feed. This playlist
automatically starts on Sunday and Tuesday at 10.00.00 AM (or can be manually
started at will) and loops forever until replaced by the next loaded playlist.
8. Repeat the above steps at will to add more items, then switch back on the playlist
selection tab and press the OK button to confirm when done.
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Detailed description
Playlist name edit box
Contains the name of the current playlist.
Start time / Start date edit box
It is possible to manually load a playlist in the on air queue quite the same way as clips,
commercials, etc., but a playlist can also be loaded in a fully automatic way on a
scheduled time and day of week.
Loading mode (by date or by days of week) must be done from Hardware settings window,
in the “playlist mode” field.
This box contains the auto-start time and auto-start date or alternatively the days of week
for the current playlist. Check the box(es) corresponding to the desired auto-start days,
and uncheck the others.
Length edit box
Contains current playlist length in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec. This value is automatically
calculated when you add/remove items. Of course, random selections are NOT included!
Auto loading enable checkbox
If checked, this playlist will be automatically fired according to the scheduled start time and
days of week. Otherwise, you can only load it manually from the on-air module.
Enable Instant start checkbox
If checked, this playlist will be fired as soon as it is been loaded in the play queue.
Otherwise, it will wait for the end of the track currently in air.
Enable loop mode checkbox
If unchecked, the playlist will play only once, then the on-air queue will empty, unless
another playlist is loaded.
If checked, the playlist, when loaded on the on-air queue, will replace the old one (if any)
and will be looped i.e. will start again from beginning when the last item has been played
on the air.
Disabile breaks checkbox
Unless commercial breaks programming is disabled from the Hardware and Misc window,
breaks will be automatically loaded in the on-air queue according to their scheduled time. If
you wish instead to schedule your breaks manually into the playlist (preferred option) then
you should check this option, to avoid duplicate loadings.
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Queing mode
Sets how the playlist will be loaded into the play queue:
- Enqueue: playlist will be loaded at the end of the play queue, this is the default option.
- Insert: playlist is inserted into the play queue in the first play slot (Play 1), all other clips
are queued down.
- Replace: playlist is loaded into the play queue in the first play slot (Play 1), all other clips
are removed.
- Insert + resume: this mode only works when the playlist has the “instant fire” flag
enabled. The playlist is loaded into the first play slot (Play 1) and is fired immediately. The
clip currently playing is interrupted but is loaded again at the end of the playlist, from the
same position reached in the first instance. For example, if the clip was 1 hour long, and
was breaked at 25th min, will start again from 25th. This mode turns useful should you wish
to break any programming at an exact time with advertising, etc.
Copy to channel
Allows to copy this playlist to another
channel’s database. Select the destination
channel from the drop-down box, then
press the button to confirm. If the same
playlist is already in the destination database (from a previous copy operation), then the
playlist is updated with any changes made to the original one, otherwise a new record is
appended to the database. To each record is assigned a unique identifier, so in no case
duplicated records will be created.
Report path
The box contains the filename for the report schema used to print the list of playlists.
To load another schema, click on the button to open the standard dialog box.
Edit report
Opens the report schema editing window for the report file currently loaded.
Search box
This is the search box which you can find on many of
the selection/setup windows. The group of 4 buttons on
the top allows to browse the database step by step.
From left to right, the first button moves the pointer to
the beginning of the database, the 2nd button to the
previous record, the 3rd button to the next record, and
the last button to the end of the database. The text box on the bottom allows to quick
search for the desired record: just type the first letters of the desired playlist to locate the
first record which matches your criteria.
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Update start times button
Forces update of events’ length (programmes, commercial breaks, etc.) into
the current playlist according to any changes made.
Reports button
Shows the playlists report print preview window. The printed report fully
reflects browsing options (sorting, filtering, etc.): if you apply a filter, only the
playlists that satisfy your criteria will be printed.
New button
Switches the database to insert mode to add a new playlist.
Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode, to edit fields for the current playlist.
Delete button
Deletes the currently selected playlist. A dialog box will appear asking you to
confirm playlist deletion. When you delete a playlist, it will be also
automatically removed from any other playlist where it has been inserted. Of
course, any item included in the current playlist (clip, commercial, etc.) will be left intact in
the corresponding database.
Cancel button
Cancels updates to the current playlist.
OK button
Confirms updates and returns to browse mode. If you are already in browse
mode, closes the playlist setup window.
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Pressing the details tab, in the upper area you’ll see another page with playlist details and
a group of buttons targeted to playlist editing:
The grid shows the full list of the video tracks contained in the selected playlist. The first
column shows the item type (clip, commercial, programme, etc.); the second column
shows details such as clip or commercial title, the 3rd one the scheduled start time for the
related item, which is calculated on the start time for the current playlist plus the duration
of the previous tracks: this turns useful to know the approximate start time of a particular
item in the playlist. The 4th column shows the item length, while 5th and 6th columns show
the Fade-In and Fade-Out markers set for the corresponding item.
Meaning of the icons in the 7th column (Force Mode)
Normal sequence, force mode disabled: the item will be fired when the previous one in
the playlist ends. Of course, should the playlist accumulates delay, the scheduled time for
the item will be delayed as well.
Skip mode: when the scheduled time for the item will be reached, all previous items in
the playlist (if any) will be skipped and this one will be queued just after the clip on the air
now. This way, should the playlist accumulates delay, we may recover some of the delay.
Forced mode: when the scheduled time for the item will be reached, all previous items
in the playlist (if any) will be skipped, the clip on the air now will be faded out and this one
will be played on the air immediately. This way, should the playlist accumulates delay, the
scheduled time for the item will be fully observed.
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Should you wish to force an event at a your favourite time:
1. Click on the blue arrow to change the force mode to Skip or Forced
2. Move to the Start Time column and change the start time according to your
requirements
3. Click on any other column (for example Details or Fade-In) so that the start time for the
items in the playlist will be updated according to the forced event.
Meaning of the icons in the 8th column (Auto sequence)
When this clip is over, the next one in the play queue will be automatically started. This
is the default behaviour.
When this clip is over, the on-air module stops the play queue and waits for the operator
Play. This may be the case of an External Feed event for which we cannot guess the exact
duration (for example, a live show).
Meaning of the icons in the 9th column (Allow breaks)
Indicates that, if it’s time for a commercial break, the break may be appended to this
item.
If it’s time for a commercial break, the break waits for the first available slot in the
playlist.
10) Enable trigger
If the item into the playlist is currently on air when a trigger is received, the trigger is
considered valid. So for example, if the corresponding trigger is set to fire “Play”, the clip
currently on the air is breaked and the playlist skips to the next clip into the queue.
If the item into the playlist is currently on air when a trigger is received, the trigger is
igoned. This setting turns useful should you wish to continue local programming even if a
trigger is received.
MoviejayVX automatically checks playlist items, so any invalid item (clips, commercials
and programmes without a corresponding file on disk, commercials out of their start-stop
date) will appear red and underlined.
E' possibile scorrere l'elenco verso l'alto o il basso utilizzando le freccette o la barra di
scorrimento a destra dello stesso.
Nell’area sottostante la griglia sono presenti delle ulteriori caselle che riportano i dati
relativi a descrizione, tipologia, dettagli, produzione e note relativi a ciascun elemento in
playlist, dati inseriti automaticamente nella compilazione del giornale di stazione
ministeriale. Nella fase di stesura della playlist, tali informazioni sono recuperate dai record
via via inseriti in playlist (es. clip, programmi, etc.), è tuttavia opzionalmente possibile
effettuare le variazioni desiderate compilando manualmente i box di editing.
Al centro, è riportato il calcolo della durata totale degli spot pubblicitari e delle televendite
nella playlist in memoria, aggiornato in tempo reale all’inserimento o cancellazione di nuovi
clip.
A destra sono presenti delle caselle che riportano i dati relativi alle informazioni EPG da
inviare all’encoder relativamente al clip in scaletta. L’ora di inizio e fine programmazione
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sono calcolate automaticamente in fase di editing della playlist, mentre titolo EPG e
descrizione estesa sono dedotti dai rispettivi campi del database programmi. E’ tuttavia
opzionalmente possibile effettuare le variazioni desiderate compilando manualmente i box,
per esempio nel caso di linee esterne in cui occorre necessariamente specificare una
descrizione.
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Preview button
Opens the preview window for the current programme, allowing you to set
track’s Fade-In and Fade-Out markers, or simply previewing the selected
track off the air. This way, you may edit markers for the corresponding
instance of this item in the current playlist, please note that default markers set in the
database are left untouched.
Reset Fades button
Should fade markers have been changed for the highlighted item in the
playlist, this button resets fade values to the default ones set in the
corresponding database.
Split markers button
If the highlighted item in the playlist is a programme, and commercial breaks
marker have been set for this programme, this button splits the item into its
corresponding parts, which will be shown as 1/10 – 2/10, etc.
Copy / Paste button
Press the copy/paste button to enable copy/paste features on playlist items.
The indicator will turn on, to show that the feature is enabled. This is a twostate button, to disable copy/paste just press this button again. To perform a
copy/paste:
- select desired items into the playlist (keep Ctrl key pressed to multi
select)
- Right-click on the playlist grid and select the desired feature from the
menu, for example Copy
- Move the cursor into the playlist, where you want to paste the
selected items, then right-click again and select the Paste feature.
Simply proceed in the same way for other features offered.
Pulsante Quick Save
Click on this button to perform a playlist quick save when editing, without
having to switch to the main playlist selection window.
Update start times button
Forces update of events’ length (programmes, commercial breaks, etc.) into
the current playlist according to any changes made, for example after editing
playlist firing time.
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Update breaks button
Allows to replace existing commercial breaks contained into the playlist with
their equivalent ones (ie. same schedule time) but from a different date. For
example should you wish to reschedule the 12/12/2007 playlist to
13/12/2007, just type the new date into the box and press this button to replace all the
existing breaks with the equivalent for 13/12/2007. You can also select only required
breaks so other will be left unchanged.
Reports button
Shows the playlist report print preview window. This will print a list of the
items which constitutes the current playlist.
Up/Down buttons
Press one of these buttons to shift one step up or down the selected item in
the playlist. If you keep the buttons pressed, an auto-repeat feature will be
automatically activated (like pressing the button again and again). You can
also move items up or down in the playlist with a simple drag-and-drop
operation: highlight the desired item and drag it to the new position before
releasing the mouse button.
Load XML
Press this button to import the playlist from XML file. Click on the button, and
use the standard dialog to browse your disk for the desired file.
Report path
The box contains the filename for the report schema used to print the list of items
contained in the current playlist. To load another schema, click on the button to open the
standard dialog box.
Edit report
Opens the report schema editing window for the report file currently loaded.
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Add/Remove buttons
Once you select the database to browse from the “Category” box on the left, use this
group of arrow buttons in the bottom of the screen to add or delete items to/from the
current playlist. From left to right, the first button (double red up arrow) adds to the playlist
all items contained in the selected database, the second button (orange up arrow) opens
the selected database management window, to let you browse the database for the
desired item, the middle button replaces the highlighted item in the playlist with the
selected item from the database, the 4th button (orange down arrow) deletes the
highlighted item in the playlist grid, and the last button (double red down arrow) empties
the playlist.
Please note that a playlist may contain as well other playlists or commercial breaks, this is
of great help when compiling your daily scheduling.
Select item type box
The drop-down box located at the left of the add/remove buttons allows to select the
database (clips, programmes, commercials, etc.) to browse for the selected item to add
into the playlist. When you press the “Add” button, a specific window is opened according
to the selected item:
1. Clip: opens the clip database, which you can browse to select the desired item. Once
the clips’ database window is opened, you can also click on the “browse items” tab and
select more clips at once. Once you click the OK to confirm, the selected clips are
added to the playlist.
2. Random clip: opens the random clip selection window, that allows to set filter criteria
for random selections. Set desired criteria like minimum and maximum date, style,
nationality, etc. then press the “Filter” button to show only matching clips, and finally
confirm with OK. A random clip with the specified criteria is added to the playlist.
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3. Commercials: opens the commercials database, which you can browse to select the
desired item. Once the commercials’ database window is opened, you can also click on
the “browse items” tab and select more items at once. Once you click the OK to
confirm, the selected commercials are added to the playlist.
4. Hard Disk Clip: opens the window which allows to directly select a clip from the Hard
Disk. Select the folder from the window on the left, highlight one or more clips (with the
help of Ctrl and Shift keys) from the window on the right, then click the OK button or
double click on the clip to confirm.
5. Playlist: opens the playlist selection window, that allows to add the contents of another
playlist into the playlist currently being edited. Select the desired playlist, then press the
OK button to confirm.
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6. External Line: opens the external feeds database, which you can browse to select the
desired item.
7. Programmes: opens the programmes database, which you can browse to select the
desired item. Once the programmes’ database window is opened, you can also click on
the “browse items” tab and select more items at once. Once you click the OK to
confirm, the selected programmes are added to the playlist.
8. Commercial Break: opens the commercial breaks database, which you can browse to
select the desired break.
9. Scheduled event: allows to insert into the schedule an empty event as filler, for
example a programme for which you already know an approximate duration but it is
still not ready. Fill the required informations (denomination and length) into the
following window and click OK to confirm.
10. Run command: allows to insert into the schedule firing of an external command as
COM, EXE or BAT (for example switching of DVB-T encoder). The first box contains
the EXE path, which you can type directly or browse with the button, the other box sets
command line switches (if any).
11. Still image: opens the logo databases, which you can browse to select a picture to be
displayed as slide-show. Set the event length into the related box, then press the OK
button to confirm.
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12. Music bed: For Stradis cards only, it is possible to add a music bed (WAV or MP3 file)
on top of the slide-show. Select the folder from the window on the left, highlight a track,
then click the OK button or double click on the track to confirm.
13. Live clock: for Stradis cards only, allows to add into the playlist an analogue clock
feature. You need to select the clip which will be used as background, the event length,
and the clock position. When using the multiformat playout engine, we suggest to use
clocks made as Flash animation overlay (i.e. add the animation into the logos database
then schedule the animation into a clip’s timeline).
Troubleshooting:
A playlist which loads in loop mode must contain at least two items. Otherwise it may
not work correctly when loaded in the on air window!
The on-air module searches for the following scheduled playlist in 1 minute interval: for
such a reason, start time of playlists programmed for the same day of the week must
be distanced at least 1 minute + value of the spot forewarning time (in seconds),
otherwise the next playlist may not be loaded in the queue.
If a commercial break is loaded in the queue, any playlist loaded in the meantime is
automatically queued after the last track of the break.
If the queue contains tracks belonging to other playlists (replace or insert mode), these
are automatically removed from the queue when the new playlist is loaded in loop
mode.
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The logo overlays database management window
This is the logo overlays management window which is recalled from the main setup
window to manage the logos database. These pictures will be used to overlay text and
graphics on the clips played on the air.
Quickstart (adding a logo to the database):
1. Press the New button to enter insert mode.
2. Select the disk from the drop-down list, then browse your hard disk for the desired
picture using the “open” icon to the right of the file name box.
3. If needed, edit the picture name in the corresponding edit box
4. In the “Test Clip” group, specify disk and file name of your favourite clip to use for
previewing the overlay of the current logo.
5. Press the OK button to confirm when done.
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Detailed description
Disk combo box
Contains the hard disk name where the picture corresponding to the current logo has been
stored. Click on the icon on the right of the edit box and choose one of the available disks
from the drop-down list. To setup hard disks which will be used to store your files, use the
disks setup window.
File name edit box
Contains the file name of the current logo, with full path info except for the hard disk. Click
on the “open” icon on the right of the edit box: a standard “file open” dialog window will
appear to let you browse your disk for the desired file file.
Logo name edit box
Contains current logo denomination.
Fade In Speed slider
This slider sets the fade-in speed for the selected overlay (currently implemented on
Stradis cards only.
Fade Out Speed slider
This slider sets the fade-out speed for the selected overlay (currently implemented on
Stradis cards only.
Audio Clip section – Disk and Filename box (*feature not yet implemented)
This section allows to select an audio clip which will be automatically played together when
the logo is started (for example a “ding” to catch viewers attention when firing a sponsors’
logo, etc). Select the Hard Disk, then browse the folders to select the required audio clip.
Test Clip section
As above, use the Disk and Filename boxes to specify a path to a clip to use for
previewing the overlay of the current logo into the preview window.
Event details section – Event length box
If this window is recalled from playlist scheduling window to add a picture into the slideshow, this box allows to specify the event length. The OK button is enabled only if event
length is set (not zero).
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Event details section – Transition mode box
As above, if this window is recalled from playlist scheduling window to add a picture into
the slide-show, this box allows to specify the picture transition mode (currently works only
on Stradis cards):
NO TRANSITION:
WIPE_DOWN:
WIPE_UP:
LINE DISSOLVE:
no transition
the new picture wipes from top to bottom
the new picture wipes from bottom to top
the new pictures dissolves the previous based on random lines
Preview section
This section shows the preview for the selected logo or Flash animation.
Report path
The box contains the filename for the report schema used to print the list of
programmes. To load another schema, click on the button to open the standard dialog box.
Edit report
Opens the report schema editing window for the report file currently loaded.
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Search box
This is the search box which you can find on many of
the selection/setup windows. The group of 4 buttons on
the top allows to browse the database step by step.
From left to right, the first button moves the pointer to
the beginning of the database, the 2nd button to the
previous record, the 3rd button to the next record, and
the last button to the end of the database. The text box on the bottom allows to quick
search for the desired record: just type the first letters of the desired logo to locate the first
record which matches your criteria.
Reports button
Shows the logos report print preview window. The printed report fully reflects
browsing options (sorting, filtering, etc.): if you apply a filter, only the
programmes that satisfy your criteria will be printed.
Preview button
Opens the preview window which allows to preview the current logo
overlayed to the clip set in the “Test Clip” section. While in the preview
window, a set of controls allows to edit all settings (transparency, position,
size, etc.) as described in the preview window section.
New button
Switches the database to insert mode to add a new logo.
Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode, to edit details for the current logo.
Delete button
Deletes the currently selected logo. You’ll see two dialog boxes: the first one
will ask you to confirm database record deletion, the second one will ask you
to confirm the picture file deletion from the hard disk.
Cancel button
Cancels updates to the current record.
OK button
Confirms updates and returns to browse mode. If you are already in browse
mode, closes the logos setup window.
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The clip palette management window
This is the clip palette management window: it is called from the main setup window to
manage the clip palettes archive. Each palette contains up to 12 clips and/or logo
overlays, and each of them may be instantly fired from the on-air window. You can create
a virtually unlimited number of palettes according to your programming environment,
without any imposed limits.
From top to bottom of the screen, you’ll find:
Indications for the current palette number and name, and the search box, to locate the
desired archived palettes. Pressing the details tab, a grid with the list of the available
clips and logos is shown: each button can be assigned to an existing clip or graphic
logo.
A group of 12 buttons, each one corresponding to one of the clips and/or overlay logos
contained in the selected palette.
Another group of buttons to manage additional features and to close the window.
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Detailed description
Palette number edit box
Shows the sequence number of the selected palette. You cannot change this value since
it’s auto-incremented every time a new palette is created. Clips and/or logos contained in
the first 4 palettes (totally 48 items) can also be directly recalled from the on air windows
pressing function keys (ALT, CTRL, SHIFT +) F1-F12.
Palette name edit box
Contains the name of the selected jingle palette, according to the user setup. You cannot
change the name of the first 4 palettes since they correspond to the 4 groups assigned to
the function keys on your keyboard.
Search box
This is the search box which you can find on many of
the selection/setup windows. The group of 4 buttons on
the top allows to browse the database step by step.
From left to right, the first button moves the pointer to
the beginning of the database, the 2nd button to the
previous record, the 3rd button to the next record, and
the last button to the end of the database. The text box on the bottom allows to quick
search for the desired record: just type the first letters of the desired logo to locate the first
record which matches your criteria.
New button
Switches the database to insert mode to add a new clip palette.
Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode, to edit fields for the current clip palette.
Delete button
Deletes the currently selected clip palette. A dialog box will appear asking
you to confirm clip palette deletion. Of course, any clip or logo included in
the current palette will be left intact in the corresponding database! Note:
you cannot delete the first 4 palettes, since they are assigned to function keys F1-F12,
<ALT>F1-F12, <CTRL>F1-F12, <SHIFT>F1-F12.
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Pressing the details tab, in the upper area you’ll see another page containing the clips and
logos database grids:
To assign a clip or logo from the database to a button on the clip palette just drag the item
from the upper grid and drop it to the desired button in the palette. The button caption and
picture preview will be updated accordingly. Repeat the same step for other buttons and
press the OK button to confirm when done.
Preview button
Opens the preview window for the current clip, allowing previewing the
selected track off the air.
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Play buttons
Each button corresponds to a clip and/or logo overlay. Just press a button to fire the
corresponding track, whose name is shown on the button itself.
Delete mode button
Click on this button to enter into delete mode. In this mode, when you click a
button on the clip palette, the contents are cleared. The indicator will turn on,
to show that the feature is enabled. This is a two-state button, click again to
switch to normal editing mode.
Cancel button
Cancels pending updates and closes the clip palette window.
OK button
Confirms changes when in edit/insert mode and closes the clip palette
window.
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The commercial breaks scheduling window
This is the commercial breaks setup window: it is called from the main setup window to
manage the commercial breaks archive. Each break can hold a virtually unlimited number
of clips, programmes and of course, commercials. Commercial breaks may be
automatically fired according to their start time or manually added into your daily
scheduling, in the playlist section.
From top to bottom of the screen, you’ll find:
An upper area that contains a group of boxes with the relevant data concerning the
current commercial break, other than the search box. Pressing the details tab, a grid
with the list of items contained in the current break is shown.
A bottom area that shows songs, jingles, commercials databases from which you select
item(s) to include in the break, and a group of buttons to add or delete items to/from the
commercial break.
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Quickstart (adding a commercial break):
In the following example we’ll add to the database a commercial break which will be fired
at 10.00.00 AM.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Press the New button to enter insert mode.
Enter 10.00.00 as start time in the corresponding edit box.
If you wish to set opening and closing jingles, use the related drop-down menus.
Press the OK button to confirm when done.
Detailed description
Start time edit box
Sets the reference scheduling time in hh.mm.ss for the current break.
Date box
When this window is opened in browse mode from playlist editing, to add a commercial
break into the playlist, this box allows to set the date for which you wish to view
commercial scheduling. When you click rows (scheduling times) into the bottom-left grid,
the other grid to the right will show the playlist related to selected date, and time.
Opening Jingle box
Sets the opening jingle for the current commercial break. This jingle will be automatically
added before the list of commercials.
Closing Jingle box
Sets the closing jingle for the current commercial break. This jingle will be automatically
added after the list of commercials.
Split Area Box
If the commercial splitting module is used, contains the splitting area for the current
commercial break or “Master” for the network area or if the splitting module is not used.
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Search box
This is the search box which you can find on many of
the selection/setup windows. For further details please
refer to the appropriate section.
Print schedule
This box allows to print a report of 1) list of commercials for
the current time slot 2) full day or 3) date interval. You just
need to select the desired feature, insert the date or date
interval and press the Reports button.
Length box
Shows length of the current commercial break in hh:mm:ss:1/10 sec. This value is
automatically calculated when you add/remove items.
Reports button
Shows the breaks report print preview window. The printed report fully
reflects browsing options (sorting, filtering, etc.): if you apply a filter, only the
breaks that satisfy your criteria will be printed.
New button
Switches the database to insert mode to add a new commercial break.
Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode, to edit fields for the current commercial
break.
Delete button
Deletes the currently selected commercial break. A dialog box will appear
asking you to confirm playlist deletion. Of course, any item included in the
current break (clip, commercials, etc.) will be left intact in the corresponding
database!
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Cancel button
Cancels updates to the current commercial break.
OK button
Confirms updates and returns to browse mode. If you are already in browse
mode, closes the commercial breaks setup window.
Press the details tab to access the page allowing to define groups of commercial breaks
(for example morning, evening, showtime, etc.)
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Quickstart (adding a new group):
In the following example we’ll add to the database a commercial break which will be fired
at 10.00.00 AM.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Press the New button to enter insert mode.
Type a group name in the related box.
Check the desired time slots into the list.
Press the OK button to confirm when done.
Buttons “New”, “Edit”, “Update”, etc. work exactly like the corresponding buttons described
for all other database editing windows. You may just refer to the previous descriptions.
Troubleshooting:
You cannot have schedule than one commercial break with the same start time.
Otherwise an error is raised when you confirm updates to the database.
It is not possible to insert the same commercial twice in the same break. Also in this
case, an error is raised when you confirm updates to the database.
The on-air module searches for the following scheduled commercial break in 1 minute
intervals: for such a reason, breaks schedule time must be distanced at least 1 minute
+ value of the spot forewarning time (in seconds), otherwise the next break may not be
loaded in the queue.
If a commercial break is loaded in the queue, any playlist loaded in the meantime is
automatically queued after the last track of the break (including the opener song, if
present).
If the queue contains tracks belonging to a previously loaded break, these are
automatically removed from the queue when the new break is loaded. You may
override this feature by setting
ReplaceBreak=0
in the moviejay.ini file.
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The hardware and misc setup window
This is the hardware setup window, which is recalled from the main setup window to set
various hardware and basic settings (playout cards, video routers, etc).
Please note that, unlike other windows, some settings can’t be performed from a LAN
workstation (for example, playout cards), so you should run the MoviejayVX Setup directly
on the playout server. After changes are completed, it is required to restart the MoviejayVX
on-air module.
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Detailed description
Blank detection feature
MoviejayVX on-air module includes a live video capture feature which turns useful to
watch the live broadcast as well as detecting the overall image motion, for example a
satellite feed which may go down because of rainstorm etc. In such an event, MoviejayVX
may automatically fire an emergency playlist to carry on your broadcast schedule.
Video motion threshold
The cursor sets the threshold value under which the input signal is considered as “still”,
while above the same threshold is considered valid. Setting the slider at about 1/5 of its
run has proved appropriate.
Alarm delay
Sets the alarm delay in seconds: when the time is over, the input signal status flips from
valid to “still” and the user-set emergency playlist is fired (see below).
Monitor mode
Sets the monitor mode for the motion detector feature:
- Disabled: the motion detector is disabled
- Ibrida: use the blank image and loss of sync detector from CEM Elettronica Ibrida
controller
- Motion detector: use Moviejay software based motion detector
Action
Sets the action to undertake when the input signal flips to still image:
- Disabled: no action will be undertaken
- Load Playlist: Moviejay will fire the user-set emergency playlist
- Play: Moviejay will simply fire the next item in the play queue
Emergency playlist
Allows to set the playlist which should be launched in case of emergency, when the input
signal is considered as still image for more time than the user-set delay.
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Video capture card
MoviejayVX on-air module includes a live video capture feature which turns useful to
watch the live broadcast using any DirectX compatible TV card or video capture card.
Enable video capture
Enables the on-air video capture with the associated capture card.
Video capture card
Click on the icon on the right of the edit box and choose one of the available cards from
the drop-down list.
Analog standard
Allows to set the analog video standard (PAL, NTSC, etc.) for the video capture card.
Video Size
Sets the video size for the live video capture window. Usually, a value of 320x240 has
proven appropriate. Click on the icon on the right of the edit box and choose one of the
available sizes from the drop-down list.
Video Input
Sets the video input channel for the capture card (for example composite or S-Video).
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Input/Output devices
Switcher type
Sets the kind of video switcher in use:
- Disabled: No video switcher in use
- GPI: the switcher is driven in GPI mode via the parallel port
- ELCA: drives the Elca SR8P - SR16 - MC2424 - MC 3225 video switchers via RS232
- Elca MX3232 - MX3224 - MX2424 - MX1616 - MX88, for the Elca MX series
- CEM Ibrida: drives the CEM Elettronica Ibrida controller via RS232
- BTS MS16: drives the BTS MS16 via RS232
- Elpro SAVIS204: drives the Elpro SAVIS204 via RS232
- Kramer Protocol2000: as above, for any Protocol2000 compatible Kramer switcher.
- Knox Video RS16x16HB, for the indicated Knox switcher
Switcher COM Port
If you wish to drive your video switcher via RS232, you have to specify the COM Port to
use for this purpose.
Switcher COM speed
Here you need to set the COM port speed depending on your video switcher requirements
(usually 9600 bps).
LPT address
If you wish to drive your video switcher via GPI, you have to specify the hex addess of the
parallel port used for this purpose. For example, $378 for the LPT1, $278 for the LPT2.
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Digital input
If a video switcher is used, this box allows to specify the video input to switch when
MoviejayVX plays a clip from the Hard Disk. This is of course, the channel where the
output from the playout card is connected.
VTR preroll time
Sets how much time in advance (in minutes) the tape seeking process (preroll) will start
comparing to the scheduled air time for the VTR event. For example, setting the preroll to
10 minutes, if the VTR event is scheduled at 10.00.00, the preroll will start at 9.50.00. If the
value is set to 0, preroll is started as soon as a VTR event is loaded into the play queue.
GPO type
Moviejay allows to drive a relay box via GPO, for example for triggering Play to external
DVDs or VCRs. If you wish to drive a GPO, specify the type of devices in this box.
GPO COM Port
Sets the COM Port to use to drive the GPO device.
Switch delay
If a GPO is used to drive video cassette players, you may specify as well a delay time
between triggering a relay and switching inputs/outputs on the video switcher. This way,
you give the VCR enough time to start playing before actually switching the input to tape.
CG type
MoviejayVX allows to drive an external graphic workstation (Character Generator) to fire
titling projects according to a playlist schedule. This box allow to set the software to drive.
Indirizzo IP CG
This box sets the IP address of the CG workstation.
Porta CG
This box sets the CG workstation TCP/IP port, to which you will send commands.
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Playout cards settings
Playout card box
Allows to specify the playout card in use:
- VGA window: sets the multiformat seamless back-to-back playout (video output is only
directed to the on-air preview window).
- VGA TV-OUT: sets the multiformat seamless back-to-back playout to generic Dual-Head
VGA cards (video output is directed to the in-window VGA as well as in full-screen mode
on the TV output).
- Stradis (STC mode) for Stradis cards, in compatible mode using the System Time Clock
as time base. This is intended for use should your video clips clip contains erratic
timecodes.
- Stradis (Timecode mode) for Stradis cards, using the clip built-in timecode for time
reference.
- Stradis (DirectX mode) for Stradis cards, in DirectX mode. Does not require an MPEG2
index to be generated for each new clip, but currently does not allow titling features.
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- XCard implements support of Sigma Designs RealMagic XCard via Microsoft DirectX
(MPEG2 / DivX clips)
- Focus Enhancements Harmony 4ES: sets playout to the multichannel card Harmony 4ES
(MPEG2 clips)
- Blackmagic Decklink: sets the multiformat seamless back-to.back playout to Decklink and
Bluefish444 cards (video output is available at the same time on the card’s output and in
the preview windows located on the on-air windows).
- Vela Cineview Pro LT: sets playout to Vela Cineview Pro LT (hardware MPEG2)
Decoder ID
For a multichannel playout, sets the card’s ID for the current channel. When Stradis cards
are used, from 1st to 4th card. With Harmony 4ES, from 1 to 16, for example: 1 = Harmony
4ES 1st card, 1st channel – 5 = Harmony 4ES 2nd card, 1st channel - 12 = Harmony 4ES
3rd card, 4th channel. With Blackmagic cards, in this box all the available cards and related
video mode are directly listed (for example Decklink Pro SDI & NTSC/PAL).
Analog standard
For Stradis cards only, allows to set the analog video standard (PAL, NTSC, etc.)
Audio mode box
For Stradis cards only, allows to specify the audio output mode (stereo or mono).
On-air sound card
Sets the soundcard for the on-air audio output (only useful for VGA TV-OUT mode). Click
on the icon on the combo box and choose one of the available cards from the drop-down
list.
Cue sound card
Allows to select the soundcard for the preview audio output. Click on the icon on the
combo box and choose one of the available cards from the drop-down list.
VU-meter mode
For Stradis cards only, sets operating mode for audio VU-meters located on MoviejayVX
on-air screen:
- Disabled: the feature is disabled
- Stradis output: VU-meters show the Stradis cards’ audio output level
- Sound card input: VU-meters show the soundcard Line in input level
Input audio card
In case the “Sound card input” mode is set, selects the sound card to use for audio input.
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Audio level box
For Stradis and Blackmagic / Bluefish cards only, allows to set the audio output level.
Enable genlock
For Stradis cards only, allows to enable the Stradis genlock feature.
Station logo
Consente di selezionare dall’archivio dei loghi grafici un logo fisso da trasmettere in
sovrimpressione su tutti i clip in onda (es. marchio di stazione). E’ possibile abilitare
manualmente la funzione premendo il pulsante “Station logo” nella clip palette del modulo
on-air.
Automatically overlay station logo
If checked, when MoviejayVX on-air module is started, the station logo overlay is
automatically enabled (“Station logo” button in the clip palette is down).
Playlist mode
Sets playlist scheduling mode:
- Date + Time: playlist are scheduled according to date and hour set.
- Day of Week + Time: playlists are scheduled acording to day of week and hour set.
Video Gain cursor
For Stradis cards only, adjusts the video output level.
Brightness cursor
For Stradis cards only, adjusts the video brightness.
Saturation cursor
For Stradis cards only, adjusts the color saturation.
Gamma cursor
For Stradis cards only, adjusts the gamma correction.
Hue cursor
For Stradis cards only, adjusts hue.
Chroma phase cursor
For Stradis cards only, adjusts chroma phase.
Background mode
For TV-out, Blackmagic and Bluefish444 playout mode, sets the background to show when
the multiformat playout engine is in stop status (no clips are playing). It is possible to set
no background, transparent background, bars, bars+1000 Hz tone, black, blue or white
background. If you select the “media file” option, you can choose a multimedia file as
background (video clip or picture).
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Background media
Sets the multimedia file to show when the multiformat playout is in stop status, if the
“media file” option is selected.
Fade-out speed
For Stradis cards only, when a video clip comes to the fade-out or any intermediate
marker, or when you manually play the next clip into the queue, MoviejayVX fades out
audio and video according to the speed (milliseconds) set in this box: from 0 (net cut) to
5000 (5 seconds, very slow fade). Values between 700 and 1500 are appropriate for
normal use.
Switch time
Sets a value (in milliseconds) which is automatically added when computing starting time
for events into the playlist (both in playlist schedule and on-air window), in order to take
into account for black frames which add switching time between a clip and the next one.
For Stradis cards, you need to experiment with values between 300 and 800 milliseconds,
depending on your hardware speed.
Fade-out speed
When a clip video reaches its fade-out or any break marker as set from the database, or
when you manually fire the next item in the play queue, Moviejay is able to perform a fadeout of audio and video depending on the speed set here: from 0 (cut) to 5000 (5 seconds,
very slow fade). Values between 700 and 1500 are appropriate for normal use.
Video Standard
For the multiformat playout engine, sets the video output standard. All controls below are
updated accordingly, but you can fine-tune individual settings as required (for example,
interlacing or aspect-ratio).
Fcc Type
Sets the video output colorspace.
Aspect ratio
Sets the video output aspect ratio.
Interlace
Sets the video output interlace mode.
Aspect ratio X
Sets the video output aspect ratio (X axys).
Aspect ratio Y
Sets the video output aspect ratio (Y axys).
Frame rate
Sets the video output frame rate.
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Video Width
Sets the video output width.
Video Height
Sets the video output height.
VTR section
MoviejayVX allows to drive basic features of video cassette players (seek to timecode,
play and stop) on the serial port. Up to 4 decks can be controller and related events added
to the playlist as external feeds, while allowing to set mark-in and mark-out timecodes.
VTR type
Sets the protocol to use depending on VTR brand.
VTR COM Port
Sets the RS232 port where VTR is connected.
Commercial scheduling
Defines the kind of rotation to be used on commercial breaks.
- Integrated scheduler: the MoviejayVX integrated scheduler is used.
- Import from Spotjay: commercial scheduling is imported from Spotjay.
Import from Ram-Comm: Moviejay internal commercial scheduler is disabled, and
scheduling is directly read from Ram-Comm export file. You should set the path to this file
in the moviejay.ini as in the example that follows:
RamCommDB = "c:\pal-comm.mdb"
In any case, items with 10, 9 and 1 priorities in the breaks will be loaded anyway: this way,
it is possible to keep items such as time announce, opening and closing jingles, etc.
Import from Spotline DOS: as above, however in this case the import file (or files, should
commercial splitting feature is used) must be set in the commercial setup window, "split
areas" section, in the "import file" box, for example:
c:\palin.dbf
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Import from Etere 10 DOS: as above. Also here, the path to the import file must be set as
above, for example: c:\et_p00.dbf
- Importa from Spotline Windows: commercial scheduling is imported from Spotline
Windows (Microsoft SQL server database). You need to specify connection settings into
moviejay.ini as in the following example:
HostNameSpotlineWin1=localhost
HostNameSpotlineWin2=
HostNameSpotlineWin3=
HostNameSpotlineWin4=
DataBaseSpotlineWin1=emigest
DataBaseSpotlineWin2=
DataBaseSpotlineWin3=
DataBaseSpotlineWin4=
If any of the scheduling import features is selected, you must add each commercial both in
Moviejay and your management software. Then, you will do the planning directly from your
external scheduler, and finally you will have to export the schedule file according to
Moviejay import file path. It is important that the to make to coincide the denomination of
the spot on Moviejay and on the external scheduler, so that Moviejay will be able to
associate commercials in the export file with its own ones and create its schedule; for
example, in the case of Etere 10 DOS, linking is done according to the COD_PROGRA
field of the export file produced by Etere.
Startup Playlist
Allows to select the playlist that will be automatically loaded when the on-air module is
started. Should you wish to resume the playlist on the air before the shutdown, just select
the “Latest playlist” item.
Commercial break preload time
Since the commercial breaks needs to wait the end of the item currently on air, it is
suggested to load commercial breaks in the play queue with some time in advance
comparing to the scheduled start time. This way, a better approximation on the scheduled
start time can be obtained.
Commercials wait time
Allows to specify a time interval between the start of the blinking “SPOT” label and the time
when the breaks are really loaded in the play queue. This way, if the software is used for
live assist, operators are allowed to defer if needed loading of the commercial break in the
play queue.
Spot Logo
Allows to select from the logos database your favourite picture to overlay during
commercial breaks (for example, the “advertising” logo which is compulsory in some
countries).
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Spot Logo mode
- Disabled: the overlay is disabled
- First Spot: the logo is overlayed only on the first commercial in the break
- First and last spots: the logo is overlayed only on the first and last commercials in the
break
- Each n spots: the logo is overlayed each n commercials (as set in the spot logo interval
box)
- Each n spots and last one: the logo is overlayed each n commercials (as set in the spot
logo interval box) plus the last one in the break
- n total times: the logo is overlayed n total times in the commercial break
Spot Logo interval
Sets the “advertising” logo overlay interval to the specified value, for example 2 overlays
the logo each 2 commercials.
Spot Logo duration
Sets the “advertising” logo overlay duration to the specified value, for example the value
“5” overlays the logo for 5 seconds from the beginning of the commercial.
Disable commercial breaks on
If needed, check the corresponding boxes to disable the automatic loading of commercial
breaks on one or more days of week. This way, you’ll be able to schedule commercial
breaks manually into your playlists.
Auto Sequence settings
Moviejay can automatically switch from manual to Auto Seq mode each time you hit the
space bar or press one of the Play buttons. This feature can be selectively enabled for live
assist (no playlist loaded) or automation mode (i.e. when a playlist is loaded).
Enable delay counter
When a playlist is loaded on the on-air queue, and the on-air queue is stopped (because
the Auto Seq mode has been disabled, for example), the Remain counter switches to red
and starts counting forward to show the delay which accumulates comparing to your
schedule.
Language
Moviejay is multilinguage and any caption used in the software is read from a text file you
can easily tailor to your needs, or copy-and-paste to create new languages. The software
comes with English and Italian LNG language files. To edit your default language, just
select your favourite one from the available languages in the drop-down box.
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EPG settings:
Encoder type
Sets the encoder type used for sending EPG informations
EPG COM Port
Sets the RS232 port where the encoder is connected.
EPG COM port speed
Sets the COM port speed used to communicate with the encoder.
Character table
Sets the character table for EPG informations.
EPG language
Sets the language to use for sending EPG informations, according to ISO 639.2 code.
EPG channel
Sets the channel information to the EPG encoder.
Commercial delay section
Local TV stations that rebroadcast external feeds sometime wait for an input trigger to
start a local commercial break which is waiting on the on-air queue. When the break is
loaded in the queue, Moviejay may wait for the input triggering for a maximum delay time
before firing the break, if the triggering is not received. To enable this feature, just check
the “Enable delay” box and set your desired delay time. Otherwise, the break will remain
queued until the external feed event expires.
Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode to edit fields in the current window.
Cancel button
Cancels pending updates to the setup.
OK button
Confirms updates and closes the setup window.
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Press the “trigger” tab on the top of the window to access the trigger setup window:
Triggers are contact or relay closures on the joystick port found on the majority of today’s
sound cards. Thanks to triggers, you’ll be able to launch playlists or simply make the play
queue advance like when you press a play button or hit the space bar.
Since playlists can contain virtually any kind of event (including external feeds), you’ll be
able to open or close external feeds by relay closure and so you may broadcast news or
other stuff from satellite feeds in a totally automatic way.
The four green LEDs the lower-left of the screen will be lit when the corresponding trigger
is closed; this will allow you to test your triggers setup on the joystick port.
Triggers from 1 to 4 correspond to a relay closure on the corresponding contact, triggers
from 5 to 8 correspond to a relay opening on the same contacts: this turns useful when a
relay closure, instead of signaling the start of the event, keeps closed for the whole event
and reopens when the event is over.
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To assign a playlist or a Play event to a trigger:
Move to the desired trigger (from 1 to 4) with the navigation buttons
Press the “Edit” button to enter edit mode
Use the drop down menus to select the desired action and playlist to launch
I you wish, set the time interval where you wish the trigger will be active
Press the “OK” button to confirm.
For the trigger feature to work correctly,
first of all you should connect to the
joystick port using the diagram on the left
(for the preliminary checks you may also
wish to use an ordinary joystick). You also
have to add some 100 K-Ohm restistors
between pins 1-3, 1-6, 9-11, 9-13:
otherwise Window will report the joystick
as “not connected” and triggers won’t
work. You should also jump together pin
12 with pin 4 (or 5).
In order to complete your setup, you should install joystick drivers:
From Windows control panel, double click on the “joysticks” icon.
For Windows2000/XP, click on “Add”, select “2 Joysticks 2-axys 2-buttons on the
same port”, then click “OK”.
In the “Joysticks” window you should now see the list of the ones you’ve just added. If
they’re working fine, in the “Status” column you should see “OK”.
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Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode to edit fields in the current window.
Cancel button
Cancels pending updates to the hardware setup.
OK button
Confirms updates and closes the hardware setup window.
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Press the “disks” tab on the top of the window to access the disks setup window, which
allows to specify local or networked disks where you will store your clips. This is a very
powerful feature, since every video clip will not be statically linked to a disk path; instead,
should you move files among disks or video server, you’ll just have to replace the disk path
in this window.
Detailed description
Disk name edit box
Contains a mnemonic name which you can assign to the disk for easier identification.
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Disk path edit box
Insert here the full path to the current (local or networked) disk. If your setup is made on
stand alone server, hard disks are to be considered local ones (they physically reside on
the same server where you run MoviejayVX): in this case their path is simply “C:” or “D:”
(without quotes). If your system is a networked one, you may wish to share hard disks with
video tracks, so you can access video tracks stored on the on air PC from any of the
networked workstations. Enable network sharing of hard disks (see Windows XP user
guide for further details) and fill the box with the hard disk network path, which will be now
like \\<computer_name>\<disk_name> for example \\SERVER\DISK-C
Warning!!! Do NOT add any '\' to the end of the path!!!
Navigation buttons
This group of 4 buttons allows to browse the database
(sequentially move from record to record). From left to
right, the first button moves to the first record in the
database, the second button to the previous, the third
button to the next, the last to the last record in the
database.
New button
Switches the database to insert mode to add a new disk.
Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode, to edit fields for the current disk.
Cancel button
Cancels pending updates to the disks setup.
OK button
Confirms updates and closes the disks setup window.
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Press the “streaming” tab on the top of the window to access the internet streaming setup
window:
MoviejayVX multiformat playout engine allows realtime streaming to the Internet in
Windows Media Video format at the same time as clips are playing into the queue and
without requiring a dedicated streaming server.
Detailed description
Streaming mode
Sets the streaming mode:
- Disabled: streaming is disabled (this way you save CPU power).
- HTTP: performs direct streaming to the Internet (it is possible to watch the stream with
Windows Media Player, connecting to the playout server’s IP address.
- MMS/RTSP: performs streaming to a Windows Media Publishing point (that you need
to specify into the related box).
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Streaming server
Sets the Windows Media Publishing Point address, to which the streaming will be sent.
Streaming profile
Allows to select the streaming profile (.prx file) created by Windows Media Encoder. This
file contains all the encoding settings.
Bitrate
Sets the streaming bitrate. If a streaming profile is defined, the bitrate setting is ignored.
HTTP port
Sets the HTTP port to be used in streaming mode.
Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode, to edit streaming settings.
Cancel button
Cancels pending updates to the streaming settings.
OK button
Confirms updates and closes the streaming setup window.
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The station log window
During program execution, all events (clips broadcasting, playlist loading and unloading,
system messages, etc.) are logged and timestamped to monthly log files. Any time you
need to have a look at MoviejayVX activity, you just have to open this window.
Detailed description
Filter feature
Since every event is logged, the log itself soon becomes very wide! That’s why it is often
required to filter the database for a specific section according to user defined criteria: just
use the comprehensive filter group box in the middle of the screen, just under the log grid:
- On the left you see a group of check boxes, each one corresponding to a well defined
log item. They can filter out the corresponding kind of event if unchecked. For example,
if you want to list just songs events, check the songs checkbox and uncheck all the
others. Any combination of checked/unchecked boxes is allowed.
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“Start date” and “end date” check boxes: selecting dates, you can restrict the list to a
well defined date interval. When you open the log window, the database containing the
log for the current month is automatically recalled.
In the right area of the filter group box another group of tools allows you to filter the log for
all occurrences of a specific song, jingle, or commercial. Just select the desired category
(songs/jingles/commercials), locate and highlight the desired item in the corresponding
database with the quick search feature, and press the “Filter” button to activate filter.
Report path
The box contains the filename for the report schema used to generate the station log
report. To load another schema, click on the button to open the standard dialog box.
Edit report
Opens the report schema editing window for the report file currently
loaded.
Commercials time
When you push this button, MoviejayVX summarizes the total length of
commercials inside the log; in case you have applied filters (for example
start/end date, etc.), only the filtered section of log is processed.
Reports button
Shows the log report print preview window. The printed report fully reflects
browsing options (filtering, etc.): if you apply a filter, only items that satisfy
your criteria will be printed. For example, you can print only occurrences of
the selected commercial for your customer.
Edit button
Switches the database to edit mode, to edit or add items (for example, you
can add songs played from an external CD player to get a complete log).
Update button
Updates the log grid with latest events following window opening.
OK button
Closes the station log window.
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System messages:
The station log will also report some system-generated messages. Here is a short list and
explanation:
1. “Moviejay start" – shows date and time of program startup.
2. "Moviejay shutdown" – shows date and time of program shutdown.
3. “Shuffle flag reset: <clip filter details>” – a shuffle flag reset for the indicated selection
criteria has occurred in the clips database.
4. “Warning! Empty selection: <selection details>“ – during playlist execution MoviejayVX
has attemped to select a song from a filtered database, but your selection criteria
(genre, nationality, min and max date) led to an empty selection. In this case, Moviejay
will simply select a completely random song.
5. “Warning! File not found: <file details>” – during playlist execution MoviejayVX has
attemped to load an item but the corresponding video file has not been found on disk
and so the playlist has jumped to the next item.
6. “Warning! Disk not found: <disk details>” - during playlist execution Moviejay has
attemped to load an item but the corresponding disk has not been found (for example
because of network failure) and so the playlist has jumped to the next item. This is very
unlikely, but may happen.
7. “Warning! Wrong clip length: <clip details >" –clip length loaded into the play queue is
not the same as the value stored into the database (in such an event MoviejayVX
automatically updates the fade-out marker, so the whole clip is played in any case).
8. “Warning! Invalid playlist” – you have attempted to load (manually or by schedule) an
invalid playlist (empty or without any valid clip).
9. "Live Assist " – from the on-air module, you have manually removed playlists from the
queue and switched into “live assist” mode.
10. Could not find a song/artist with desired stand-by: <selection details> " – while
selecting a random song in a playlist, applying scheduled selection and stand-by
criteria songs and artists have brought to an empty selection. Therefore, MoviejayVX
has selected a song without taking into account the planned stand-by times. If this
message appears often, it is recommended to reduce stand-by times and/or widen your
selections criteria (genre, min-max vote and date, etc.).
11. Messages about playlist loading also indicate the loading mode: Replace = playlist
loads in replace mode, Insert = playlist loads in insert mode, Manual = playlist has
been loaded manually, Scheduled = playlist has been loaded from schedule, Triggered
= playlist has been loaded by external trigger, Startup = playlist has been loaded at
program startup.
12. "Ram-Comm – No table for the day '' - Points out that while attempting to load a
commercial break from Ram-Comm export file (if used), it has not been possible to find
any table related to the current day.
13. "Ram-Comm – No match: <commercial code> " - Points out that while attempting to to
load a commercial break according to Ram-Comm export file (if used), it has not been
possibile to find any matching commercial in Moviejay database.
14. "Ram-Comm – No commercial for <time-minutes> " - Points out that while attempting
to load a commercial break according to Ram-Comm export file, it has not been
possible to find any matching commercial for the indicated break.
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Notes on safety
We sure know how much important is the reliability of an automation system. Therefore,
it’s both your and our interest that the minor problems that may arise in the normal use will
be solved in the better way and in the shortest possible time. To such purpose, it is of
fundamental importance that users pay attention to some small details:
Periodically backup all your data (database and video tracks):
Moviejay database is located in c:\program files\moviejay\dbase - the database contains
all the informations related to playlists, songs, jingles, scheduling, log, etc. Being subjected
to thousands and thousands of transactions (and users’ mistakes) during normal use, it is
possible that after sometime files may be damaged with loss of data, or you may have
simply deleted your songs database by accident.
The time needed to perform a backup is ridiculous if compared to the time you wold need
to insert again all your data in the database: thus, periodically and/or when you’ve
added/modified a good bunch of data:
Close Moviejay and Moviejay Setup on all workstations.
From the on-air workstation, backup the whole c:\program files\moviejay folder
(preferably on another Hard Disk or on CD-ROM) and timestamp your backup. Please
note that you’ll find the same moviejay folder also on your Moviejay Setup LAN
workstations, but data are only contained in the on-air server!
Likewise, we suggest to maintain an updated backup of your video tracks on a secondary
Hard Disk or cheap DVD-RWs.
In such way, also in case of total breakdown of the on-air workstation (i.e. Hard Disk
failure), restoring back your system into business is as simple as:
Reinstall Windows
Reinstall Moviejay
Restore video files and Moviejay installation folder from your backup copies.
Have a secondary workstation ready to replace the main one:
The purpose is to have a secondary identical workstation ready to replace the main one in
case of failure until the problem on the latter is fixed. In such way, it is enough to
periodically effect the copies of the data from the main workstation to the backup one. In
case of need, you’ll just have to move the dongle (hardware key) and perform some basic
changes to the setup to return on the air within a few minutes. Of course, it is also possible
to use the production workstation for this purpose.
When a problem arises:
Always take note of the error messages that appear in the dialog box at the center of
the screen and/or in the place of your station logo.
Try to remember the last performed tasks that may have have triggered the error. Is the
error repeatable?
Don't panic: once you’ve taken the above precautions and you can rely on a backup
system, you have really nothing to fear.
Remember, also the most meaningless details could be decisive to point out the
problem.
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